In contrast to the antagonistic position by Polish authorities towards Jews , the West Ukrainian government actively supported Jewish cultural and political autonomy as a way of promoting its own legitimacy . The West Ukrainian government guaranteed Jewish cultural and national autonomy , provided Jewish communities with self-governing status , and promoted the formation of Jewish national councils which , with the approval of the Western Ukrainian government , in December 1918 established the Central Jewish National Council which represented Jewish interests in relation to the Ukrainian government and to the Western allies . The Council of Ministers of the West Ukrainian People 's Republic bought Yiddish-language textbooks and visual aids for Jewish schools and provided assistance to Jewish victims of the Polish pogrom in Lviv . Ukrainian press maintained a friendly attitude towards the West Ukrainian republic 's Jewish citizens , and Hebrew and Yiddish schools , cultural institutions and publishers were allowed to function without interference . Approximately one-third of the seats in the national parliament , an amount roughly equal to the share of the population , were reserved for the national minorities ( Poles , Jews , Slovaks and others ) . The Poles boycotted the elections , while the Jews , despite declaring their neutrality in the Polish – Ukrainian conflict , participated and were represented by approximately 10 percent of the delegates . Localized anti-Jewish assaults and robberies by Ukrainian peasants and soldiers , while far fewer in number and less brutal than similar actions by Poles , occurred between January and April 1919 . The government publicly condemned such actions , intervened in defence of the Jewish community , and imprisoned and even executed perpetrators of such crimes . The government also respected Jewish declared neutrality during the Polish – Ukrainian conflict . By the orders of Yevhen Petrushevych it was forbidden to mobilize Jews against their will or to otherwise force them to contribute to the West Ukrainian military effort . In an effort to aid Western Ukraine 's economy , the Western Ukrainian government granted concessions to Jewish merchants
Polish pogrom in Lviv
Lwów pogrom (1918)
Jewish–Ukrainian relations in Eastern Galicia