KAGARLYK: US Commission No. UA09090101
Alternate names: Kahorlik (Polish), Karlik (Russian) and Kaharlyk (others). Kagarlyk is located in Kievskaya at 30.50 49.51, 69 km from Kiev. Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
Local officials are unknown. The earliest known Jewish community was 1847. 1897 Jewish population (census) was 1414. Effecting the Jewish Community was 1919 pogroms. The last known Hasidic burial was 1991. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated and wooded crown of a hill has no sign or marker. Reached by "other," access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 stones, with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1957. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The present owner of the property used for Jewish cemetery only is unknown. Adjacent properties are agricultural and other. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Serious threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and vandalism.
Tsyauk Vladimir Trofimovich of Kiev, Kvitneviy per. 12, Apt. 95 [Phone: (044) 4176555] visited site and completed survey on 7/23/94. Interviews are not listed.
KAHAN MEZYCZY: (Hungarian) see Velikiye Mezhirichi KAHARLYK: (others) see Kagarlyk KAHORLIK: (Polish) see Kagarlyk
KAKHOVKA I: US Commission No. UA21020101
Alternate names: Kachovka (Russian) and Islam-Kermen (other). Kakhovka is located in Khersonskaya 46º49 33º29, 80 km from Kherson, 120 km from Nikolaev and 280 km from Odessa. The cemetery is located at residence of "Mikhaila Svetlova", south. Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Town soviet, Gashenko Viktor Semenovich (05536) 33255.
-- Local officials: Kakhovka rayispolkom of Medved Grigoriy Vasilievich.
-- Regional: Kherson oblispolkom of Churrina Vladimir Grigorievich. KAKHOVKA II: US Commission No. UA21020501
Alternate names: Kochovka (Ukraine). Kakhovka is located in Khersonskaya at 46º49 33º29, 100 km from Kherson and 280 km from Odessa. The mass grave is near the forest "Solovichniy Gay". Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Town Soviet of Kachovka. Major-Gashenko Viktor Semenovich (05536) 33255.
-- Regional: Regional Department of Culture in Kahovka - Denisyuk Valentina Petrovna.
-- Regional Executive Committee, Chupryna Vladimir Grigor'yevich (05522) 25290.
-- Town officials: Krayevedchesky Museum of Kachovka - Chairman-Shul'zhenko Ol'ga Grigoryevna [Phone: (05536) 34050] Krayevedchesky Museum of Kachovka - Yablonskaya Alla Nikolayevna [Phone: (05536) 52336].
-- Jewish Community of Kherson. Steyman Boris Zinov'yevich (05522) 6-41-29.
The earliest known Jewish community was 19th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 2441. Effecting the Jewish Community: 1918-1920 pogroms during Civil War and 1920 elimination of Jewish organization and shooting of more than 2000 Jews. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1942. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated unlandmarked suburban flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and none removed, date from 1990. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Occasionally, local residents visit site. The mass grave was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals within country re-erected stones in 1990. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: existing and proposed nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya st. 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] on 12/5/94. Interviewed on 12/4/94were Yablonskaya of Kahovka and Menisenko of Kahovka. Oks completed survey on 02/08/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible. KAKHOVKA III: US Commission No. UA21020502
The mass grave is located at Pushkina Street, on right side of Dnepr, west. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1942. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here.
The unlandmarked isolated urban flat lby water has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1985. No stones were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are commercial-industrial and residential. Occasionally, local residents visit site. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish groups within country did re-erection of stones in 1985. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vandalism and existing nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St. 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site and completed survey on 12/8/94. Interviewed were Yablonskaya of Kahovka on 12/8/94 and Menisenko of Kahovka on 12/8/94. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KALININDORF: (1927-46) (Yiddish) see v. Kalininskoye KALINIVKA: (German) see Kalinivka
v. KALININSKOYE I: US Commission No. UA21110101
Alternate names: Kalinindorf 1927-46 (Yiddish), Sde Menuche, Kalinindorf (German), Sde Menocha (Hungarian), Bolshaya Seymenukha 1807- (Polish), 1927 (English), Bolshaly Seidemenuklha (Russian) and Seydemenukha (Hebrew). v. Kalininskoye is located in Khersonskaya at 47.7. 32.59, 170 km from Kherson and 182 km from Odessa. The cemetery is located at northeast part of village, near the highway to Velikoaleksandrovka. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Soviet - Mokrenko Raisa Timofeevna.
-- Regional officials: Veliko-Aleksandrovka Regional Executive Committee, Belokon Vladimir Fedorovic [Phone: (05532) 21365]. Oblast Department of Culture - Tischenko Andrey Nikolayevich. Veliko-Aleksandrovka Regional Department of Culture - Tolstaya Tatyana Nikolayevna [Phone: (05532) 21150].
-- Jewish Community of Kherson. Steyman Boris Ziniviyevich (05522) 64129.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1807. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 3891. In 1927, Kalinindorf National Jewish region was created. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1807 with last known Hasidic burial in 1993. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery.
The isolated suburban site by water has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken fence with no gate surrounds site. 501 to 5000 stones, most in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from the 19th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, other metallic elements, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Jewish individuals within country did re-erection of stones, patched broken stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation 1945-48. Now, occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and existing nearby development. No threat: proposed nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St. 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site in 04/1995. Interviewed were Veprik K.P. of v. Kalininskoye in 04/1995. Oks completed survey on 06/07/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible. v. KALININSKOYE II: US Commission No. UA21110501
The mass grave is located at Southwest part of village.The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The unlandmarked isolated suburban hillside by water has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds site. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No common tombstones were removed. Stones date from 1946. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit site. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution and existing nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St. 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site in 04/1995. Interviewed were Veprik K.L. of v. Kalininskoye in 04/1995. Oks completed survey on 06/05/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KALINOVKA I: US Commission No. UA01110501
Alternate names: Kalinivka (German) and Kolenivka (Polish). Kalinivka is located in Vinnitskaya at 49º28 28º32. Kalinivka is 32 km from Vinnitsa. The mass grave is located West 700m by the railway tracks in direction of Schepctovka. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Kalinivka Regional Executive Committee - Chairman-Kugay Ivan Zakharovich. Kalinivskiy Regional Department of Culture - Demidas Vasiliy Ivanovich.
-- Regional: Vinnitsa Oblast Regional Executive Committee of Chairman -Melnik Nikolay Evtikhovich. Vinnitska Oblast Department of Culture - Ilchuk Nikolay Nikolay. Vinnitska Oblast Department of Jewish Culture - Gubenko Bella Aronovna.
The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1097. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1918-20 pogroms, 1920 community organization was destroyed, and 1941- Holocaust. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 for 1300 Jews. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The unlandmarked isolated suburban flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. Stones date from 1947. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are commercial-industrial and agricultural. Occasionally, organized individual tours and local residents visit site. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vandalism and existing nearby development. No threat: proposed nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Ukraine, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17d, a. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] in 07/1995. Interviewed were Sandur I.G. of Kalinovka in 07/1994. Oks completed survey on 08/03/1995. Documentation: Vinnitsa Oblast State Archive Fond P-4422, on. 1, d-13; Vinnitsa Oblast State Archive Fond P-136, op. 15, d-48, 37. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible. KALINOVKA II: US Commission No. UA01110101
See KALINOVKA I for town information. The cemetery is located at Schorca Street, right of the train tracks in direction of Chmelnik. Effecting the Jewish Community were pogroms in time of Chmelnitski, 1648-9 and 1941-42 shooting of over 1500 people. [sic] The last known Hasidic burial was 1994. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken fence and non-locking gate surrounds the site. 101 to 500 stones, most in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from before 1500 to 20th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, other metallic elements, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and 10% of the oldest part. Adjacent properties are commercial-industrial and agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of commercial-industrial development. Frequently, organized individual tours visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and frequently in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country and abroad did re-erection of stones, patched broken stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation work in 1945-1948. A local contribution, Jewish survivors, and visitors' contributions pay the regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Very serious threat: existing nearby development (About 2000 sqm has been given to a factory for developemnt by city.) and proposed nearby development. Moderate threat: vegetation. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vandalism.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] on 6/28/94. Interviewed were people from Kalinovka. Oks completed survey on 28/06/1994. Documentation: National Minorities in Ukraine, Register, 1925. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible. KALINOVKA III: US Commission No. UA05520501
See KALINOVKA I for town information. The mass grave is located at 2 km from village to North, "Kamennaya Gorka". The Hasidic mass grave was dug in 1941.No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated unlandmarked rural (agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Forest near Kalinovka reaches it with access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and no stones removed, date from 1992. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are forest. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. There has been re-erection of stones done by local/municipal authorities in 1992. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, vandalism and proposed nearby or existing nearby development.
Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: (04141) 54259] visited site on May 1995. Interviewed was Finkelman Boris Abramovich on /05/1992. Kogan completed survey on 24/10/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KALINOVKA: US Commission No. UA17290501
Alternate names: Kolenya (Russian). Kalinovka is located in Rovenskaya at 51º8 26º18, 62 km from Rovno. The mass grave is located at 400m from school, north. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Stepan Village Executive Council of Kievskaya Street, 15 [Phone: (03655) 41500].
-- Regional: Bureau of Oblast Memorial Protection. Local History Museum of Rovno, Dragomanova,19 [Phone: (03622)21833].
-- Jewish Community of Rovno, Shkolnaya 39 [Phone: (0362) 269993].
-- Others: Yad Vashem, Israel. State Oblast Archive of Rovno, Moskovskaya Street, 26 [Phone: (0362) 263024].
The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1325. Effecting the Jewish Community were Khmelnitskiy's pogroms, World War I. The Jewish mass grave was dug on 5 October 1942 for Hasidic (Karlin-Stolin). No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The unlandmarked isolated wooded flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and no stones removed, date from 1991. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are forest. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit site. The mass grave not was vandalized in the last ten years. Local non-Jewish residents did re-erection of stones in 1991. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation, vandalism, and existing nearby development and proposed nearby development.
Kirzhner Moisey of 263005, Lutsk, Grushevskogo Prospect 18, Apt. 38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 9/9/96. Interviewed were Bogonos M.P. on 9/9/96. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KALISH: (German) see Kalush
KALUSH: US Commission No. UA08060101
Alternate names: Kalish (German), Kalusz (Hungarian), Kalusz Nowy (Czech) and Kalush (Russian). Kalush is located in Ivano-Frankovskaya at 49º1 24º22, 101 km from Lvov and 28 km from Ivano-Frankovsk. The cemetery is located at av. Lesi Ukrainki, near 9-store #12. Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Town Executive Council - Chairman -Sushko Roman Vasilyevich [Phone: (03472) 24109].
-- Regional officials: Regional State Administration of Chairman-Davidyuk Nikolay Fedorovich [Phone: (03472) 22187]. Oblast State Administration of Chairman -Skripnichuk Vasiliy Mikhaylovich [Phone: (03422) 25280].
-- Oblast Jewish Community - Chairman Kolesnik Victor Pavlovich [Phone: (03422) 34894].
-- Key holder: Closed, the keys are in the Town Executive Council.
-- Others: Main architect of Kalush of Makogon Petr Stepanovich [Phone: (03472) 34195].
The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 3277. In 1867, the Jews received Austro-Hungary civil rights. The last known Hasidic burial was 1940. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A broken fence with locking gate surrounds cemetery. 101 to 500 common tombstones, most in original location with between 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours and Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities did re-erection of stones and fixed wall and gate in 1995. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Moderate threat: vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, vegetation and existing nearby development.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 37a, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044) 2769505] visited site on 3/6/95. Interviewed were Makogon P.S. of Kalush [Phone: (03472) 34195] on 3/6/96. He completed survey on 05/08/1996. Documentation: The main plan of town; Jewish Encyclopedia.
UPDATE: We would never have found this cemetery without someone showing us the way. Surrounded by high-rise appartment buildings, the cemetery was in the process of restoration. The Kalusher Society in Israel, which published the Yizkor book, was paying for a metal fence around the cemetery and the erection of a monument at the Einsatzgruppe C shooting massacre site. There is also a mass grave but we did not have time to search for it. Source: Sophie Caplan of Sydney, Australia.
KALUSZ: (Hungarian) see Kalush KALUSZ NOWY: (Czech) see Kalush
KALYNIVKA: Washington Jewish Week reported that vandals drinking alchohol in Jewish cemetery and began knocking down tombstones. [10/21/1999 p.12]
KAM'YANKA: (Ukraine) see Kamenka
KAMEN' KASHIRSKIY I: US Commission No. UA02300501
Alternate names: Kamien Kostyrsk (Yiddish), Kamin Koshirsky (German) and Kamen' Kashirskiy (English). The town is located at 51º38 24º58, 230 km from Lutsk and 0 km from Rovno. The mass grave is located at southeast on the way to Guta-Kamenskaya in the forest. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
-- Town officials: City Executive Soviet. Kamen' Kashirskiy, Ploshchad' Nezavisimosti, N2, of chairman Kashrets Vasiliy Prokopovich, [Phone: (?)23285]. Administration of Housing and Community Services of 254540, Kamen' kashirskiy, Chapayeva Street, N8, [Phone: (?)23478].
-- Regional: Monument Preservation Department, Oblast Museum of Region Study, 263000, Lutsk, Galana Street, N2, [Phone: (03322) 42253]. Archives of Volinskaya Oblast, 263024, Lutsk, Veteranov Street, N21, [Phone: (03322) 57533]
-- Town officials: Jewish Community of Vohlinskaya Oblast, 263000, Lutsk, Vinnichenko N49, apt.6, [Phone: (03322) 40045] and Yad Vashem, Izrael.
The earliest known Jewish community was 16-17th century. 1939 Jewish population was 617. Effecting the Jewish Community were Khmelnitskiy Pogroms, First World War, 1917 The Revolution, Brest Peace Conference-1920, and 1939 joining the USSR. The Karlin-Stolinskaya Hasids Jewish mass grave was dug in 1942 century. Sedlishche (25 km away) used this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated wooded flat land has signs or plaques in local language and in Hebrew mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Teached by the road to Guta Kamenskaya, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.04 hectares. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location, date from the 20th century. No stones were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for communal grave. Adjacent properties are forest. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop at site. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II. Local/municipal authorities did re-erection of stones in 1992. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Serious threat: uncontrolled access (caretaker needed). Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and vandalism. No threat: existing nearby development and proposed nearby development.
Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of 263005 Lutsk, Grushevskogo Street 18, Apt. 38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 22/11/1996. Interviewed were Zhuravskaya Svetlana Yakovlevna, secretary of village Executive Soviet of the City [Phone: (?)23377] on 22/11/1996. Documentation: The Holocaust of Vohlynian Jews 1941-1945. Yad Vashem, Federation of Vohlynian Jews Jerusalem, 1990. Shmuel Spector. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible. KAMEN' KASHIRSKIY II: US Commission No. UA02300102
See Kamen' Kashirskiy I for town information. The cemetery is located at in the end of Gagarin StreetThe last known Karlin-Stolinskaya Hasids Jewish burial was in 1941. Khotemov (20 km away) and Malaya Glusha (20 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The suburban flat land at the crown of a hill, separate but near other cemeteries, has signs or plaques in local language and in Hebrew mentioning the Holocaust. Reached via Shevchenko Streetand Gagarina Str., access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII and now is 1.80 hectares. 1 to 20 common tombstones, none in their original location, date from the 20th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, local residents visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation 1992. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, vegetation and proposed nearby development. No threat: pollution and existing nearby development.
Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of 263005 Lutsk, Grushevskogo Street 18, Apt. 38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 20/11/1996. Interviewed on 20/11/1996 was Zhuravskaya Sveliana Yakovlevna, Secretary of village Executive Soviet [Phone: (?) 23377]. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopedia.
KAMENITZ PODOLSK: (Hungarian, German and Yiddish) see Kamenets Ppodolsky KAMENETS PODOLSKI: see Kamenets Podolskiy and Podolia Guberniya
KAMENETS PODOLSKIY I: US Commission No. UA22020101
Alternate names: Kamenets Podolsk (Yiddish), Kjmenitz Podolsk (Hungarian), Kamenets Podolski (Polish) and Kamieniets Podolski (Russian). Kamenets Podolskiy is located in Khmelnitskaya at 48º40 26º34, 62 km from Chernovtsy and 100 km from Khmelnitskiy. The cemetery is located at Zhukova St. Present town population is over 100,000 with 1,001-10,000 Jews.
-- Town: Mer Krylov - Nezavisimosty pl., 1. Archive of Kamenets Podolskiy.
-- Regional: Head of Regional Executive Committee - Gusinnikov Evgeniy Yakovlevich [Phone: (03822) 65025].
-- Head of Kamenets Podolsky Jewish Community, Khayat Efim Abramovich [Phone: (03849) 24813].
The earliest known Jewish community was end 17th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 12,774. Effecting the Jewish Community was Koliivshchina. The last known Hasidic burial was 1995. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A continuous fence with non-locking gate surrounds site. 501 to 5000 stones, less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from the 20th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown.
The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have iron decorations or lettering, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries is larger now than 1939. Frequently, organized individual tours, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Jewish individuals and Jewish groups within country cleaned stones and fixed wall in 1990. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves and stones. Very serious threat: vegetation. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and pollution. Slight threat: weather erosion and vandalism.
Shwartz Yulia Nikolaevna of Kiev, Buchmy St. 5/1, apt. 8 [Phone: (044) 5503228] visited site and completed survey on 7/22/95. Interviewed on 7/22/95 were Poakh Leonid of Khmelnitskiy [Phone: (03822) 29746] and Arkadiy Levi of Kamenets Podolskiy. Documentation: Central 2 Eastern Europe; The Road from Letichev. Devid A. Chapin, Ben Weinstock.
UPDATE: " 'A Torah in Search of a Home.' Martin Ingall of Maryland has
reported to Avotaynu that six months ago an abandoned Jewish cemetery was
found in Kamenets Podolskiy in western Ukraine. It included a mass grave of
about 200 bodies from the Holocaust era. The bones in the mass grave were
exhumed and reburied, as much as possible, in individual graves each with a
separate headstone. Since the identity of the victims is unknown, each
headstone has a verse from Psalms instead of a name.
Also found in the mass grave were two Torahs, one wrapped in a Gestapo body
bag. Ingall bought the Torah, is having it repaired, and his son will read
from it at his upcoming bar mitzvah. The other Torah is also in the process
of being repaired. Ingall states that "it would be nice for this other Torah
to find a home" with a person who has some connection with Kamenets
Podolskiy. If someone has interest, they can reach him at
email: MDayan50@aol.com
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in September 2001] KAMENETS PODOLSKY II: US Commission No. UA22020501
See KAMENETS PODOLSKY I for town information. The mass grave is located at center in park, 150m from old town bridge.
-- Town officials: Rayispolkom of Yarimchuk Vladimir Andreevich [Phone: (03841) 91261]. Head of town Department of Culture - Shidlovskiy Vladimir Valentinovich.
-- Regional: Head of Khmelnitskiy Oblispolkom - Guseynikov Evgeniy Yakovlevich [Phone: (03822) 65024]. Head of Oblast Department of Culture - Slobodnik Petr Yakovlevich [Phone: (03822) 65979].
-- Khmelnitskiy Jewish Community- Zeleniy Mikhail.
The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here.
The unlandmarked isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. The mass grave has no special sections but contains unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for mass burial site and town park. Adjacent is town park. Occasionally, local residents visit site. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem disturbing graves.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site and completed survey on 5/16/95. Interviewed on 04/1995 were Malish N.P. of Kamenets Podolskiy in 06/1995 and Gutsal P.I. of Staraya Ushitsa. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible. KAMENETS PODOLSKY III: US Commission No. UA22020502
The mass grave is located at west in residential area "Mikrorayon". The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. Staraya Ushitsa (40 km away) and Chermolintsy (40 km away) Jews were murdered here also. The unlandmarked urban flat land has signs or plaques in local language and in Hebrew mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size of mass grave before WWII and now is 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. The common tombstones date from 1941. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are residential. Occasionally, organized individual tours and local residents visit site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: pollution, vegetation and vandalism.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site in 03/1995 and 06/1995. Interviewed were Malish of Kamenets Podolskiy in 06/1995 and Gutsal L.I. of Staraya Ushitsa in 06/1995. Oks completed survey on 06/16/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KAMENKA: 258450, US Commission No. UA23050101
Alternate names: Kam'yanka (Ukraine). Kamenka 258450 is located in Cherkasskaya at 49º2 32º6, 58 km from Chercass, 139 km from Uman and 30 km from Smela. The cemetery is located in west part of town, Zadripnyanskogo StreetPresent town population is 5,001-25,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: town soviet, Kirova st., 13 - Kolos Mikhail Mikhaylovich for president of Kalinskiy Region, Kirova st., 1 of Tatarinov Mikhail Vasiliyevich [Phone: (04732) 21575]. Garnaga Vladimir Vasilievich, KKP of Zavodskaya st., 2a.
-- Regional: Chercass, 257000, Kreschatik st., 193 - Ostapenko Yakov Vasiliyevich.
-- Oblast Jewish Community, Trakhtenbroyt Petr Maksovich.
-- Caretaker: Andrushenko Elena Gerasimovna, Zadnepryanskogo Street 55.
-- Others: Portyazhskaya Sof'ya Grigoriyevna of Kamenka, Gogolya Street, 23.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1831. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1106. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1831 with last known Hasidic burial in 1995. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban crown of a hill has no sign, but has Jewish symbols on gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken fence and non-locking gate surrounds the site. 21 to 100 stones, about half in original location, date from 1928. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have iron decorations or lettering, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939. Occasionally, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized prior to World War II. There has been cleared vegetation and fixed gate. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Serious threat: weather erosion. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vandalism.
Turman Bella Samuilovna of Chercass, Homenko St. 16, apt. 66 [Phone: (0472) 631272] visited site on 2/12/95. Portnyazhkaya Sof'ya Grogorievna of Kamenka, Gogolya St. 23 was interviewed on 2/12/95. She completed survey on 02/13/1995.
KAMENKA-BUGSKAYA-I: US Commission No. UA13590101
Alternative names: German: Kamenka Strumibova, Polish: Kamienka Strumilowa, Other: Domoszyn (14th century). It is located in Lvovskaya oblast at 50º06' and 42º00', 45-km from Lvov. The cemetery is located in the center of the village, corner of Richna and Nesalezhnosti streets. Present town population is 5000-25000 with less than 10 Jews.
-- Town officials: town soviet chairman Sukhovich Evgeniy Ivanovich, tel.: 51516; Deputy Chairman Lyc Yaroslav Mikhailovich, tel.: 51840; Deputy Chairman Vladyka Mikhail, tel.: 51508. Town soviet and executive committee of Kamenka-Bugskaya, Shevchnko St., 2.
-- Regional officials: Lvov Regional State Administration, Lvov Vinnichenko St., 18, reception room, tel.: 722947, 728093. Lvov Center State Historical Archives (CSHA), Sobornaya square, 3a, tel.: 723508.
-- Authority: Lvov Jewish Community, Lvov Mikhnovskih St., 4, Rabbi Mordekhai Shloime Bold, tel.: 330524.
The unlocked cemetery has no caretaker.
The earliest mention of Jewish community is 1589. 1900 Jewish population was 3164. Effecting Jewish community: agreement between Christians and Jews in 1589; permission for synagogue building on 24 July 1627; execution of Rabbi Khaim Raitses in 1728; and Ukrainian-Polish war (1648-1654). Rabbi Khaim Raitses (died in 1728), Rabbi Samson Vainer (1808), chairman of Bet Din, lived here. The unlandmarked Orthodox (Belski Hasidic) cemetery was created in 1633. The isolated urban plain has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off road, access is open to all. No wall, fence or or gate. The approximate size of the cemetery before the World War II was 1,35 hectares. No complete stones are visible. More than 75% of stones are broken. Some removed sandstone gravestones are part of roads or structures; other are in storage of municipal economy. Municipality owns property that contains cinema, resident houses, park, and monument to A. Pushkin. The cemetery borders residential area. The cemetery boundaries are smaller than in 1939 because of the housing development and new roads and highways. Rarely, private visitors stop here. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II. Within the cemetery are cinema, resident houses, and residences. The cemetery was demolished during the World War II so no threats.
Gelston visited site on 2.10.1998. Kats German Angelevich, Kamenka-Bugskaya, Strumila St. (former Matrosov St.) 2, tel.: 51862 were interviewed. Gelston completed survey on 5.10.98. Documentation: CSHA, Fond 186, Inventory 6, 439 Points of Safe. Jewish Encyclopedia , B.9, p.197, St Petersburg, 1909; Slownik Geograficzny Krolewstwa Polskiego., T.3, St 782, Warszawa, 1882 (in Polish); B. Folinski Zrodla Dziejowe Starowstwa, Kamionki Strymilowej, T.1, Kam. Strym., 1928 (in Polish). KAMENKA-BUGSKAYA-II: US Commission No. UA13590102
Another possible information source is Kats German Angelevich, Strumila Street (former-Matrosov St.) 2, tel.: 51862. The cemetery is located at the southeast part of the village, in front of railway station, Shevchenko St. 55-57. The cemetery was created in 1633 with last known Jewish burial in 1930s. Orthodox (Hasidic) community used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban plain has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off the road and crossing private residence development, access is open with permission. Metal fence and gate without lock surround the cemetery. There are no complete gravestones; and more than 75% of stones are broken. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains no mass graves. A private person owns property used as housing development. The cemetery borders a residential area. The cemetery boundaries are smaller than in 1939 because of the housing development. Rarely, private visitors stop here. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II and since. There has been no care or restoration. Within the cemetery are private houses. Gravestones were broken during German occupation as well as post-War period. Tombstones were used as building material. Building on cemetery land is occurring now.
Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 completed survey on 4.10.1998. Gelston visited site on 2.10.1998. Kats German Angelevich, Strumila St. (formerly Matrosov St.), 2, tel.: 51862 was interviewed. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopedia , B.9, p.197, St Petersburg, 1909; Slownik Gegraficzny Krolewstwa Polskiego, T.3, St 782, Warszawa, 1882 (in Polish); B.Falinski "Zrodka Dziejowe Starostwa, Kamionki Strumilowej", T.1, Kam. St, 1928 (in Polish); Basic plan of Kamenka-Bugskaya, scale 1:5000, 1961. KAMENKA-BUGSKAYA-III: US Commission No. UA13590103
The cemetery is located at the southeast part of the village, Shevchenko St., 131, a mixed fodder factory. The cemetery was created in the first half of the 20th century. The last known Orthodox (Hasidic) Jewish burial was in 1930s. The unlandmarked, isolated suburban plain has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing mixed fodder factory area, access is completely closed. A continuous fence and gate with lock surround site. The approximate size of the cemetery before the World War II was 0.24 hectares. There are no visible gravestones. More than 75% of stones are broken. The cemetery contains no mass graves. Municipality owns property used for agricultural and mixed fodder factory. The cemetery borders agricultural and residential areas. The cemetery boundaries are smaller than in 1939 because of the commercial-industrial development. The cemetery is visited rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II, between 1945 and 1981, but not during last 10 years. There has been no care or restoration. Within the cemetery there are industrial structures. The cemetery and gravestones were demolished after 1961, when the still-active mixed fodder factory was built.
Kats German Angelevich, Strumila St. (ex-Matrosov St.), 2, tel.: 51862, was interviewed. Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 completed survey on 4.10.1998. He visited site on 2.10.1998. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopedia , B.9, p.197, St Petersburg, 1909; Slownik Gegraficzny Krolewstwa Polskiego, T.3, St 782, Warszawa, 1882 (in Polish); B.Falinski "Zrodka Dziejowe Starostwa, Kamionki Strumilowej", T.1, Kam. St, 1928 (in Polish). Basic plan of Kamenka-Bugskaya, scale 1:5000, 1961. KAMENKA-BUGSKAYA IV: US Commission No. UA13590501
The mass burial site is located at the east part of the village, Selskogospodarskaya St. in flax factory area. Another possible information source is Kats German Angelevich, Kamenka Bugskaya Strumila St. (formerly Matrosova St.) 2, tel.: 51862. The unlandmarked mass gravesite was dug in September 1942 for Orthodox (Hasidic) community. The isolated suburban plain has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off road, access is open to all. No walls, fence, or gate surrounds. No tombstones are visible but the site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns property used for industrial or commercial usage and as storage. The cemetery borders residential area and tillage field. Rarely, private visitors stop here. The cemetery has never been vandalized. Within the cemetery are no structures. On site of Jewish mass execution is a flax factory. 3000Jews were murdered September 1, 1942. According to the story that told the old citizen German Angelevich Kats, Ukrainians carried out the execution under the orders of German authorities.
Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 completed survey on 5.10.1998. Documentation: basic plan of "Giprograd" institute of Kamenka-Strumilov, scale 1:5000, 1961. Iosf Gelston visited the site for this survey in 2.10.1998. Kats German Angelevich, Kamenka Bugskaya, Strumila St. (former Matrosova St.), 2, tel.: 51862, was interviewed.
KAMENKA DNEPROVSKAJA I: US Commission No. UA07080101
Kamenka Dneprovskaja is located in Zaporozhskaya at 47º34 34º24, 129 km from Zaporoje and 107 km from Dnepropetrovsk. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
1939 Jewish population (census) was 81. The last known Hasidic burial was 1985. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1944. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for "other." Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries is larger now than 1939. The cemetery is visited frequently by local residents. This cemetery has not been vandalized. Local non-Jewish residents cleared vegetation. Now, individuals clean or clear occasionally. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem.
Shevelev Mark Petrovich of 330000, Zaporoje, Tsentralniy Bulvar 25, apt. 54 [Phone: (0612) 396982] visited site and completed survey on 11/16/94. Interviewed were Borisenko Kceniya Markovna of Kamenka Dnestrovskaja, Naberezhnaya str., and Klyuev Anatoliy Zaharovich of Kamenka Dnestrovskaja, Naberezhnaya Streeton 11/16/94, Sedov Ivan Iosipovich of Kamenka Dnestrovskaja, Z. Kosmedemyanskoy per. on 11/16/94. KAMENKA DNEPROVSKAJA II: US Commission No. UA07080102
The earliest known Jewish community was 1900-1925. 1939 Hasidic population (census) was 81. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat lby water has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road and per. Cheluskintsev, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. No stones are visible. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The cemetery property now is agriculture (crops or animal grazing) and waste dump. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of "other." Rarely, local residents visit the cemetery. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves.
Shevelev Mark Petrovich of 330000, Zaporoje, Tsentralniy Bulvar 25, apt. 54 [Phone: (0612) 396982] visited site and completed survey on 11/16/94. Interviewed on 11/16/94. were Konovalova Mariya Vasilievna of Kamenka Dneprovskaja, Chelyuskintsev per., Sedov Ivan Iosipovich of Kamenka Dneprovskaja, Chelyuskintsev per. and Pechernina Elena Fillipovna of Kamenka Dneprovskaja, Chelyuskintsev per.
KAMENKA STRUMIBOVA: (German) see Kamenka-Bugskaya
KAMENNIY BROD I: US Commission No. UA05070101
Alternate names: Kamennyy Brod (German), Kameny Brod (Hungarian) and Kammeny Brod (Czech). Kamenniy Brod is located in Zhitomirskaya at 50º28 28º57, 124 km from Zhitomir, 23 km from Baranovka, 28 km from Novograd-Volinskiy, 110 km from Zhitomir and 114 km from Kiev. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
-- Town officials: Budnitskiy Semen of Kamenniy Brod.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1897. Effecting Jewish Community: 1919 pogrom. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1919 with last known Hasidic burial 1993. Dovbish (15 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated flat land and "other" has no sign or marker. Reached by "other," access is open to all. A continuous fence with gate that locks surrounds site.
101 to 500 stones, all in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1919. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery has special sections for men and women. Some tombstones have portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The property is used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities patched broken stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation 1970s. Now, occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, vandalism and proposed nearby development.
Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42 [Phone: 54239] visited site on 6/27/94. Interviewed were Budnitskiy Semen on 6/27/94. Kogan completed survey on 06/28/1994. KAMENNY BROD II: US Commission No. UA05070502
The mass grave is located at 1.5 km to Northeast from Kamenny Brod, in the pine forest.
-- Town officials: Village Executive Council of Chairman-Eysmont Vitaliy [Phone: (04144) 42526].b
-- Regional: Protection of Cultural Memorial Society - Borisyuk N.E. Regional Protection of Cultural Memorial Society - Savchuk Vladimir Terentyevich.
-- Others: Main editor of newspaper 'Slovo Polissya' - Strilchuk Anatoliy Pavlovich [Phone: (04144) 42376].
1926 Jewish population was 1017. The unlandmarked, Hasidic mass grave was dug in 1941.No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated wooded flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing other public pine forest, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. No stones are visible or were removed. The mass grave has no special sections but contains unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing) and mass burial site. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. This mass grave has not been vandalized. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access.
Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42 [Phone: (04141) 54259] visited site and completed survey on 29/07/1996. Interviewed on 12/7/96 were Strilchuk Anatoliy Pavlovich of Baranovka, Kirova Street, 7a [Phone: (04144) 42376] and Oleksyuk. Documentation: Strilchuk A.P. Newspaper "Slovo Polissya"; Baranovka, Kirova Street, 7a. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible. KAMENNY BROD III: US Commission No. UA05070501
The mass grave is located at northeast, 500m from faience factory. The unlandmarked, Hasidic mass grave was dug in 1941.No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated suburban site by water has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by crossing Zovtnevaya Street, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and no stones removed, date from 1950. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces and/or metal fences around graves. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are pond and waste dump. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Local residents visit rarely. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities did re-erection of stones, cleared vegetation and fixed wall in 1950. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion and vandalism. Slight threat: pollution, vegetation and proposed nearby development.
Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42 [Phone: (04141) 54259] visited site on 1/5/96. Interviewed were Baru Ruhlya Niselevna of Kamenyy Brod on 1/5/96. Zhitomirskaya Oblast of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42 [Phone: (04141) 54259] completed survey on 01/05/1996. Documentation: Veytsblit I.I. Movement of Jewish People in Ukraine. Period 1897-1926.
KAMENNYY BROD: (German) see Kamenny brod KAMENY BROD: (German and Hungarian) see Kamenny brod KAMIEN KOSTYRSK: (Yiddish) see Kamen' Kashirskiy KAMIEN-KOSZYRSKI: (Yiddish) see Kamen' Kashirskiy KAMIENIEC PODOLSK: (Russian) see Kamenets-Podolsky KAMIENIETS PODOLSKI: (Russian) see Kamenets Podolskiy and Kamenets Podolsky KAMIENKA STRUMILOWA: (Polish) see Kamenka-Bugskaya KAMIN KASHIRSK: (German) see Kamen' Kashirskiy KAMIN KOSHIRSKY: (German) see Kamen' Kashirskiy KAMIN KOSHIRSK: (Polish) see Kamen' Kashirskiy KAMMENIY BROD: may be buried at Rogachev KAMMENY BROD: (Czech and Hungarian) see Kamenny Brod KANETZ POL: (Hungarian) see Savran KARLIK: (Russian) see Kagarlyk KARLOVKA: (German and Russian) see Zeleniy Yar KASELY: (Yiddish) see v. Koshelevo KASHEL MEZEN: (Hebrew) see Koshelevo and v. Koshelevo KASHELI: (German) see v. Koshelevo KASHPEROVKA: used the cemetery at Tetiyev KASHPEROVKA: People from here are buried in the mass grave at Pyatigory (US Commission No. UA09280501) KATAN MEZHYRYCHI: (Czech) see Velikiye Mezhirichi KATERBURG: (German and Hungarian) see Katerinovka
KATERINOVKA I: US Commission No. UA19050101
Alternate names: Katerburg (German) and Katrynburg (Hungarian). Katerinovka is located in Ternopolskaya at 50º0 25º53, 75 km from Rovno and 35 km from Kremenets. The cemetery is located at west of village Soviet. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Soviet of Ternopolsky Region, Kremenetsky District, Katerinovka 283724 [Phone: (071) 55186].
-- Regional: Region Soviet in Ternopol - Grushevskogo Street8 [Phone: (03522) 22105]. Society of Monuments Preservation [Phone: (03522) 23636].
-- Jewish Community of Ternopol, Gotlib Kalman of 282022, Ternopol, Dovzhenka Street11, apt.75 [Phone: (03522) 44216].
-- Others: Committee of Former Kremenets Citizens in Israel [Phone: 5065397] Israel 59331, Bat Yam of Rotshild Str.41.
The earliest known Jewish community was 17-18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 384. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1680 Khmelnitsky pogroms and 1919-1920 Civil War. The Jewish cemetery was established in 17-18th century with last known Hasidic (Karlin Stolin) Jewish burial in 1941. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 21 to 100 stones, most in original location with less than 25% of surviving common tombstones toppled or broken, date from 17th to 20th century. No stones were removed. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and other. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access and disturbing graves and stones. Serious threat: vegetation. Moderate threat: pollution. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, vandalism and proposed nearby development.
Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of 263005 Lutsk, Grushevskogo Street 18, Apt. 38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site on 7/7/95. Interviewed were Kizyma Roman Adamovich of Village Soviet on 7/7/95. Kirzhner completed survey on 07/09/1995. Documentation: Shmuel Spector. The Holocaust of Vohlynian Jews 1941-1945.; Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, Federation of Vohlynian Jews, 1990. KATERINOVKA II: US Commission No. UA19050501
Alternate names: Katrynburg (German) and Katerburg (Hungarian). The unlandmarked mass grave is located in southeast part of village. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Jewish burial in 1944. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. Between fields and woods, the isolated hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. No stones are visible or were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Local residents visit rarely. The mass grave not was vandalized in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and vandalism.
Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of 263005 Lutsk, Grushevskogo Street 18, Apt. 38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site on 7/7/95. Interviewed was Kizyma Roman Adamovich of Village Soviet on 7/7/95. Kirzhner completed survey on 07/09/1995. Documentation: Shmuel Spector. The Holocaust of Vohlynian Jews 1941-1945.; Yad Vashem. Federation of Vohlynian Jews. Jerusalem, 1990. Map. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KATRYNBURG: (German and Hungarian) see Katerinovka KAZIMIRKA: may be buried at Kostopol KERECKE: (Yiddish) see Keretski KERECKI: (German) see Keretski KERECKY: (Hungarian) see Keretski KEREGKY: (Czech) see Keretski
KERETSKI: US Commission No. UA06450101
Alternate names: Kerecke (Yiddish), Kerecki (German), Kerecky (Hungarian), Keregky (Czech), Keretzky (Polish) and Perekrest'ye (English). Keretski is located in Zakarpatskaya at 48º29 23º13, 30 km from Mukachevo and 163 km from Lvov. The cemetery is located at west part of the village. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Major-Grechik Lyubov Petrovna [Phone: (03143) 35822].
-- Regional: officials: Vinogradovsky Regional Department of Culture - Chairman-Goliba I.A. [Phone: (03143) 22774]. Zakarpatsky Oblast Executive Council - Chairman Ustich Sergey Ivanovich [Phone: (03122) 33051]. Zakarpatsky Oblast Administration of Culture - Chairman Gavorets Vasiliy Stepanovich [Phone: (03122) 35373].
-- Jewish Community of Vinogradov -Chairman Rozner Nikolay.
The earliest known Jewish community was 19th century. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 150. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1918 Zakarpat'ye transfer to Czech and 1944 feportation of Jews to the death camp. The Jewish cemetery was established in 19th century with last known Hasidic burial in 1943. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. No stones are visible. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for kitchen gardens. The graves are disturbed because of agricultural work. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of agriculture. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access and existing nearby development vegetation.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site on Jul 1995. Rozner N.I. of Vinogradov was interviewed on Jul 1995. Oks completed survey on 04/08/1995. Documentation: Short Jewish Encyclopaedia, vol. 2, Jerusalem 1982; Encyclopaedia Ukraineznavstvo, vol. 1-2, Kiev, 1993. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KERETZKY: (Polish) see Keretski KHARSIKI: may be buried at Chernukhi
KHASHCHEVATOYE I: US Commission No. UA10030101
Alternate names: Khashchevatoye (Russian). Khashchevatoye is located in Kirovogradskaya at 48º42 35º20, 235 km from Odessa, 180 km from Vinnitsa, 80 km from Uman, and 45 km from Dnepropetrovsk. The cemetery is located at west patr. Khashchevatoye. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
-- Town officials: Gayvoron rayispolkom, Voronitskiy Nikolay Ivanovich (05254) 25432. Khashchevatoye, Solgunskiy Leonid Izrailevich, kraeved (05254) 34297.
-- Regional: Kirovograd Oblispolkom, Tishchenko Larisa Ivanovna (05222) 51814. Kirovograd Oblast Archive. Kirovograd Oblast Associate of Jewish culture, Yalovetskiy Vladimir Lvovich (0522) 35963.
The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 3170. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1768-1772 pogroms, 1919 pogroms. The Jewish cemetery was established in 18(?) with last known Hasidic burial in early 1941. Gayvoron (8 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural hillsidehas no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site.
No stones are visible. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The kolhoz owns the property used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. The cemetery never is visited. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance, structures, or threats.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site and completed survey on 10/9/94. Interviewed on 10/9/94 were Solgunskiy L.I. of Khashchevatoye and Kasurkin A.A. of Gayvoron and Solodkiy M.Y. of Gayvoron. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible. KHASHCHEVATOYE II: US Commission No. UA10030102
The cemetery is located at road to Gayvoron. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1942 with last known Hasidic burial in 1974. Gayvorona (12 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural hillside has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken masonry wall with no gate surrounds site. 21 to 100 stones, all in original location with no stones toppled, broken, or removed date from 1946. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries is larger now than 1939. Occasionally, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. There has been cleared vegetation. Now, occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vandalism and existing nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited and completed survey on 12/25/94. Interviewed was Soltunskiy Leonid Izrailevich on 12/25/94.
KHMELNIK: US Commission No. UA01260101
Alternate names: Khmyelnik (Polish) and Chmeinik (Ukraine). Khmelnik is located in Vinnitskaya at 49.33 27.58, 56 km from Vinitsa. The cemetery is located on the outskirts of Khmelnik. Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with 101-1,000 Jews.
-- Town officials: Town Executive Council Chairman, Beremitecti Semen Moysevich [Phone: (043388) 2072].
-- Jewish Community of Chairman Beremitecti Semen Moysevich [Phone: (043388) 2072]. Josef Dybrovsky of Jewish Community [Phone: (043388) 2388].
The earliest known Jewish community was 1565 or 1800. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 6011. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1655 slaughter by the army of Stefan Czarniecki, 1734-1735 Haydamayski Pogrom, 1918-1919 Petura and Schepeya gangs pogrom and 1941-1944 Ghetto. 11,750 Jews were killed during Nazi occupation. The last known Jewish burial was 1994. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning Jews. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken masonry wall with non-locking gate surrounds the cemetery. 501 to 5000 stones, most in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from the 18th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and other. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. There has been patched broken stones, cleared vegetation and fixed gate. Local/municipal authorities did the work. Now, occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Slight threat: pollution.
M.L. Fuchs completed survey and visited site on /07/1994. Documentation: Town Populations in the Podol Region. A.Krylov. 1905; History of Towns and Villages in Ukraine. Vinnitska Oblast. Kiev. 1969; Short Jewish Encyclopaedia. Jerusalem; Jewish Encyclopaedia in 16 Vols. Brokgayz-Efron; Encyclopaedia Judaica in Vol. 17, Jerusalem. No interviews were conducted.
KHMYELNIK: (Polish) see Khmelnik
KHODORKOV I: US Commission No. UA05360101
Alternate names: Chodorkow (German), Hodorkov (Polish), Hodorkov (Hungarian), Chodorkov (English), Chodorkov (Ukraine. Khodorkov is located in Zhitomirskaya at 50º6 29º18, 22 km from Popelnya, 70 km from Zhitomir and 94 km from Kiev. The cemetery is located at west part of village. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Council - Stepanchenko Petr Vasilyevich [Phone: (071) 79235].
-- Regional officials: Regional Department of Culture - Popelnya, Lenina Street, 7 [Phone: (041372)5942].
-- Others: Polischuk Grigoriy Shikovich - Korostishev, Zhitomirskaya Oblast.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1765. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 453. Effecting the Jewish Community was 1918-1920 pogroms and 1941 Holocaust. Writer Oyslender Nohum (1893) lived here. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 18th century. The last known Hasidic burial was 1965. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by "other," access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 21 to 100 stones, about half in original location and between 50%-75% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1870. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit the cemetery. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Serious threat: vandalism. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion and proposed nearby development.
Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: (04141) 54259] visited site and completed survey on 1/5/95. Interviewed on 1/5/95 were Gayevskaya Mariya Zinkovna of Mestechkovaya Street, 68 and Stepanchenko Petr Vasilyevich of Hodorkov. KHODORKOV II: US Commission No. UA05360501
The mass grave is located at "Vidrodzhenya", 7 km to southeast from village. The unlandmarked, Hasidic mass grave was dug in 1941.No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated, rural (agricultural), flat lby water has no sign or marker. Reached by collective farm garden, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and no stones removed, date from ?. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. The mass grave is visited rarely by local residents. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion and pollution.
Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: (04141) 54259] visited site and completed survey on 1/5/95. Interviewed was Stepanchenko Petr Vasilyevich of Khodorkov on 1/5/95. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KHODOROV I:
The earliest known Jewish community was 1633. Jewish population as of the last census before World War II was 1,230. In 1642, a grand wooden synagogue, with magnificent artwork was built. It was the earliest synagogue in the region. The synagogue was destroyed in World War II. A replica of the ceiling is found in Beth Hatefutsoth. In 1913, Dr. Zigmund Greenstein was elected the first Jewish Mayor of Chodorow.
Documentation: The Encylopaedia of the Settlements: Volume II Western Galicia-Poland published by Yad Vashem; Where Once We Walked by Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack Source: Marcia Indianer Meyers, 538 Town Colony Drive, Middletown Connecticut 06457-5911 (860) 635-5395;
marciarthur@msn.com [March 19, 1998] KHODOROV II: US Commission No. UA13110101
Alternate names: Chodorov (German), Khodorov (Polish) and Choderev (Hebrew). 49º24 24º19, 56 km SE of L'viv. The cemetery is located in central part of the town, behind the church. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Mayor of town-Kotsovsky Oleg Teodorovich of Town Soviet [Phone: (239) 53230].
-- Regional officials: Regional Soviet - Chairman Revutsky Stepan Ivanovich [Phone: (239) 31970]. Soviet of L'vovskaya Oblast - Chairman-Goryn'.
-- Jewish Community of L'vovskaya Oblast
-- Others: Historical Museum, L'vov.
1931 Jewish population was 2300. The last known Hasidic burial was 1941. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII was 6.00 and is now 0.70 hectares. No stones are visible. Removed stones were incorporated into roads or structures. The cemetery contains no known mass graves and no structures. The municipality owns the site used for waste dumping and residential. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development. Rarely, local residents visit the cemetery. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and proposed nearby development (possible development). Moderate threat: vandalism and existing nearby development. Weather erosion and vegetation are seasonal problems.
Aberman S.E. of apt. 2, 4 Novakovskogo Street, L'vov [Phone: (0322) 724687] visited site and completed survey on 03/10/95. Interviews are not listed. Documentation: look to Add. Comm. [sic]
KHOROL I: US Commission No. UA16140101
Alternate names: Choral (Yiddish) and Chorol (German). Khorol is located in Poltavskaya at 49º47 33º17, 163 km from Konotop and 111 km from Poltava. The cemetery is located at west part of the town, Lenina Street. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Chairman of the Executive committee-Beznosik Aleksandr Sergeevich of 315910, Khorol, Poltavsky region, YK. Marksa Street37. Gavrilenko Nikolay Ivanovich of Shevchenko Street 33a.
-- Regional: Regional Executive Committee of Poltava. Regional State Archive, 314011, Poltava, Pushkinskaya 18/24 - Kukoba E.I. Regional State Archive. K. Marksa str 62 - Dzyuba Valentina Vladimirovna. Museum of Khorol, Lenina Street. 98/4 - Director-Stompel A.P.
-- Caretaker: Kostyukov Nikolay Pavlovich of Lenina str. 114, apt. 8.
The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 2081. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1905 pogroms, 1918-1919 Denikensky and Petlurovsky pogroms and Oct. 23, 1941-Holocaust. Living here was Rabbi Abracham Mandlyyevsky. The unlandmarked Jewish cemetery was established in 1935 with last known Jewish burial in 1995. The urban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 101 to 500 stones, most in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1940. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, other metallic elements, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site as part of the Municipal cemetery. Adjacent properties are commercial-industrial and agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of other. Occasionally, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents stop. This cemetery has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities cleaned stones and cleared vegetation 1945. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: vegetation. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vandalism, and existing nearby development and proposed nearby development.
Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 4/12/95. Interviewed on 4/12/95were Klushkovskaya N.N. of Radyanskaya Street14 and Doctorova Iraida F. of Suvorova Street21 [Phone: (05362) 91146]. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible. KHOROL II: US Commission No. UA16140102
The cemetery is located at south, Lermontovskaya Street. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century with last known Habbad Hasidic burial in 1935. Belotserkovka (45 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds site. After Wold War II, all tombstones were removed so only one common tombstone remains. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing), industrial or commercial use and residential. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development, commercial-industrial development and agriculture. The cemetery is visited rarely by local residents. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Jewish groups within country cleaned stones and cleared vegetation. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are private buildings. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: vandalism and existing nearby development. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion and pollution.
Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 4/13/95. Interviewed 22 on 4/13/95 were Korniyenko Nadezhda of Ukrainskaya St. and Glushkovskaya Nina of Radyanskaya str.14. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible. KHOROL III: US Commission No. UA16140501
The unlandmarked mass grave, located at northwest part of the town, was dug in 1941. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated rural (agricultural) crown of a hill has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road and crossing other public property (Kolhoz "Ukraine"), access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and no stones removed, date from 1975. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces and/or iron decorations or lettering. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Occasionally, organized individual tours, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors, and local residents stop at site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. ocal/municipal authorities did re-erection of stones in 1975. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the mass grave is a seasonal problem. Serious threat: weather erosion. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vegetation. Slight threat: vandalism.
Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 4/13/95. Interviewed on 4/13/95were Doctorova I.F. of Suvorova Street 21 [Phone: (05362) 91146] and Shtempel A.P. of Lenina Street 98/4 [Phone: (05362) 92474]. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KHOROSTKIV: (Hungarian) see Khorostkov
KHOROSTKOV: US Commission No. UA19200101
Alternate names: Chorostkov (Yiddish), Chorostkow (German) and Khorostkiv (Hungarian). Khorostkov is located in Ternopolskaya at 49º14 25º55, 31 km from Gusyatin and 107 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at north, Lenina Street. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Town Executive Council - Pasichnik Ivan Mikhailovich [Phone: (03557) 51337].
-- Regional officials: Regional Executive Council - Voloschuk Stepan Stanislavovich [Phone: (03557) 21178]. Oblast State Administration of Skibnyavskiy Mikhail Vasilyevich [Phone: (03522) 25225]. Town officials: Jewish Community 'Alef' - Paren Nuta Elyevich [Phone: (03522) 69323].
-- Others: Main Architect of Gusyatin Region - Komunitskiy Ivan Vasilyevich [Phone: (03557) 21832]. Local History Museum - Strotsen Bogdan Stepanovich [Phone: (03522) 53592] Cultural Memorial Protection Society - Birkova Aleksandra Tadeevna [Phone: (03522) 26053].
The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1,979. The last known Sadgoskaya Hasidic burial was 1940. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban hillside has no sign or marker. Reched by from center of hill, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. No stones are visible. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for recreational use (park, playground, sports). Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Near cemetery is much construction. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Serious threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation, vandalism and existing nearby development. Moderate threat: weather erosion, pollution and proposed nearby development.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 73a, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044) 2769505] visited site and completed survey on 22/04/1996. Interviewed was Komunitskiy I.V. on 22/04/1996. Documentation: see at section 14 [sic].
KHOROSTKOV: US Commission No. UA19200501
The mass grave, located at reseach station "Elita", was dug in 1943 with last known Hasidic burial was 1944. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated, unlandmarked, urban flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds site.
1 to 20 common tombstones for marked mass graves, all in original location with none toppled or broken and no stones removed, date from 1994. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop at site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities erected stones in 1994. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Slight threat: weather erosion and pollution.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 73a, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044) 2769505] visited site and completed survey on 22/04/1996. Documentation: Encyclopaedia Judaica.
KHOTEMOV: used the cemetery at: Kamen' Kashirskiy
KHOTIN: may be buried at Stanislavchik
This town is listed in Carved Memories: Heritage in Stone from the Russian Jewish Pale by David Goberman, NY: also see introduction to Ukraine. KHOTIN: US Commission No. UA25060101
Alternate names: Chotin (Yiddish), Chotyn (German), Hotin (Hungarian) and Khotyn (English). Khotin is located in Chernovitskaya at 48º29 26º30, 69 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at north of the town. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Yakimchuk Viktor Andreevich [Phone: (03731) 22128].
-- Regional: Department of Nationalities of 274010, Chernovtsy, Sovetskaya str.1 [Phone: (03722) 22640]. Regional Executive Committee - Chairman Rusnak Porfiriy Vasilyevich [Phone: (03731) 21424]. Regional Society of Cultural Monuments and Historical Preservation - Hardina Valentina Alekseevna [Phone: (03722) 26650].
-- Town officials: Jewish Culture Foundation, Theatralnaya Sq. 5 [Phone: (03722) 21940].
-- Others: Teacher of Jewish school in Chernovtsy of Ferdman Yefim Nikolayevich [Phone: (03722) 22745].
The earliest known Jewish community was 16th century. 1910 Jewish population (census) was 9227. The last known Hasidic burial was 1990. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken masonry wall with no gate surrounds site. 501 to 5000 stones, most in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, Jews or non-Jews visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation. Now, occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Serious threat: vegetation. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion and pollution. Slight threat: vandalism, and existing nearby development and proposed nearby development.
Documentation: Rothman Max. Memories of a Bessarabion Zeida-Jerusalem, 1991. Hodorkovsky Yuriy Isaakovich of 252037 Ukraine, Kiev, Vozduhoflotsky 37a, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044) 2769505] visited site and completed survey on 1/28/95. No interviews were conducted.
The mass grave outside of the city limits has about 70 people listed on the tombstone that can be seen in the Yizkor Book. Source: Yitz:
yitz.twersky@db.com [2000]
KHOTYN: (English) see Khotin
KHUST: 295600, US Commission No. UA06030101
Alternate names: Huste (Yiddish), Khust (German), Huszt (Hungarian), Hust (Russian), Chust (Czech.) and Chut (Ukraine). in Zakarpatskaya Oblast, Transcarpathia at 48º10' N, 23º18' E, about 195 km WSW of Chernovsty, 120 km from Uzhorod. Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with 11-100 Jews (?).
The earliest known Jewish community was middle 19th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 11276. The last known Hasidic burial was 1990s. No other towns or villages used this landmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off Ostrovskogo Street, access is open to all. A continuous masonry wall with non-locking gate surrounds the cemetery. 501 to 5000 stones, all in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from the 19th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and other. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours and local residents visit. This cemetery has not been vandalized. Vegetation was cleared and wall fixed. Jewish survivors pay the regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Slight threat: existing nearby development and proposed nearby development.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of 252037, Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 37a, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044) 769505] visited site and completed survey on 8/23/94. Interviewed was Oros V.I.
UPDATE: Present Jewish population is approximately 120 with 30 Jewish families. Interested are Rabbi of Transcarpathian Oblast: Mr. I.B. Hoffman, Proletarskaya #1, Khust, Ukraine (Synagogue caretaker). Rabbi of the Transcarpathian Oblast: Rabbi C. Hoffman, Boulevard Lenina 5-Kvartira 13, Mukacevo. Telephone: 38 03131 29880, FAX: 41151. There are two cemeteries for the town. This is the modern one at crown of a hill and separate but near other cemeteries. Cemetery is reached by turning directly off public road. Cemetery has no wall or fence. 20-100 stones (possibly more), with none broken or toppled, are marble, finely smoothed/inscribed stones, some with portraits, metal fences, and/or metallic decorations. Inscriptions are in Hebrew, Yiddish, or Ukrainian. Site is used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are other cemeteries. Diane Goldman (dgoldman@erols.com)(& Herb Meyers), 4977 Battery Lane, Bethesda MD 20814 visited the site on 4 August 1998. She completed the survey on 1 March 1999.
KHYROV: US Commission No. UA13280101
Alternate names: Chirow (German) and Chyrow (Hungarian). The town is located at 49º31 22º51, 108 km from L'vov and 17 km from S.Sambor. The cemetery is located at the west part of the town, near the road to Dobromyl'. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Town Soviet of Chairman-Stepanuk A.U.
-- Regional officials: Regional Soviet [Phone: (03238) 21368]. Soviet of L'vovskaya Oblast of Chairman-Goryn'.
-- Jewish Community of L'vovskaya Oblast
-- Others: Museum History of Religion, L'vov and Local History Museum, S.Sambor.
The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1939 Jewish population was 1000. Effecting the Jewish community were 1648-54 revolt of Gaydamaky and the Holocaust. The last known Hasidic burial was in 1941. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII was 1.50 and is now 0.80 hectares. No stones are visible. Removed common tombstones were incorporated into roads or structures. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development and agriculture. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are private houses. With no fence, agriculture encroaches. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access. Moderate threat: pollution, vegetation, vandalism and existing nearby development. Slight threat: weather erosion and vegetation (seasonal problems) and proposed nearby development.
Aberman S.E. of Apt. 2, 4, Novakovskogo Street, L'vov [Phone: (0322) 724687] visited site on 28/05/96. He completed survey on 02/06/96. Interviewed was Irchuk Mariya of Khyrov on 28/05/96.
UPDATE: http://www.polishjews.org/synag/chyrow.htm has synagogue photo. [August 2005]
KHYROV I: US Commission No. UA13280102.
The town is in Lvovskaya oblast at 49º32' and 40º00', 6 km from Dobromil and 30 km from Sambor. The cemetery is located at north of village on left side of Dobromilskaya Street fronting Christian cemetery. Present town population is 1000-5000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Soviet chairman Lubchik Sergei Petrovich, I.Franko St., 16, tel.: 24102.
-- Regional officials: Lvov Regional State Administration, Lvov Vinnichenko St., 18, reception room, tel.: 722947, 728093. Lvov Center State Historical Archives (CSHA), Sobornaya square, 3a, tel.: 723508.
-- Lvov Jewish Community, Lvov Mikhnovskih St., 4, Rabbi Mordekhai Shloime Bold, tel.: 330524.
The cemetery is unlocked with no caretaker. The earliest mention of Jewish community is 1544. 1900Jewish population was 1164. Meilakh Berner was chairman of a community prior the World War II. The Orthodox cemetery was created is 2nd half of the 19th century with last known Jewish burial before June 1941. Other towns did not use this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban hillside next to other cemeteries has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off road, access is open to all. A broken masonry wall with no gate surrounds site. The approximate size of the cemetery before the World War II and now is 0.25 hectares. 1-20 tombstones are all in original location with more than 75% of stones broken. Some removed stones are part of roads or structures in Khyrov. The concrete double stones or multi-stone monuments date from 20th century but none have inscriptions. There are no separate monuments or mass graves. Municipality owns property used as Jewish cemetery and for cattle grazing. The cemetery borders meadow and forest across from a Christian cemetery. The cemetery boundaries are the same as in 1939. The cemetery is visited from time to time by private visitors. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II and since. No care or restoration. There are ruins of morgue from 1934 or Bet Tahara. Until the mid-1980s, the many stones in the cemetery were removed, but year by year. At present, only a difficult to move horizontal concrete slab is left. Very serious threat: vandalism. Moderate threat: safety, incompatibility with building process. Slight threat: erosion, pollution, vegetation overgrowth, and incompatible planned development.
Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 completed survey on 10.11.1998. Documentation: SALR, Fond 1, Inventory 52, page 6; Slownik Geog. Krol. Polkiegi, T.1, Street 669, Warszawa, 1880 (in Polish); Jewish Encyclopedia , B.13, p. 874, St. Petersburg, 1909; Akty Sadow Krolewskich Polkich, jd.1, nr.35, k.589-590 (in Polish); Basic plan of Khyrov since 1960. Iosif Gelston visited the site for this survey in 3.11.1998. The chairman of Village Soviet Lubchik Sergei Petrovich, I.Franko St., 16, tel.: 24102, was interviewed. KHYROV-II: US Commission No. UA13280103
The cemetery is located in the central part of the village, Kotsubinskiy St., the right side. The Orthodox cemetery was created in the 17th century with last known Jewish burial in 19th century. No other town used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off the road, access is open with permission. A continuous fence with gate and no lock surrounds site. The approximate size of the cemetery before the World War II was 0.6 hectares. There are no visible tombstones, structures or mass graves. More than 75% of stones are broken. Some of the removed stones are part of roads or structures in Khyrov. Present owner of the cemetery property is kindergarten yard and electric substation. The property presently is used as Jewish cemetery and electric power station. A residential area borders the cemetery. The cemetery boundaries are smaller than in 1939 because of the commercial-industrial development. The cemetery is visited from time to time by private visitors. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II, and since then. There has been no care or restoration. Serious threat: vandalism, incompatible current construction. The cemetery was demolished during Soviet time. Moderate threat: safety, erosion, and incompatible planned development. Slight threat: pollution, vegetation overgrowth.
Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 completed survey on 10.11.1998. Documentation: CSHA, Fond 186, Inventory 9, 511 Points of Safe, page 16; SALR, F.1, inv.14, 3073 Points of Safe. Slownik Geog.Krol. Polskiego, T.1, St 669, Warsz., 1880 (in Polish); Jewish Encyclopedia ,B.13, p.874, St Petersburg, 1909. Gelston visited the site on 3.11.1998. The Village Soviet chairman Lubchik Sergei Petrovich, tel.: 24102, I.Franko St. 16 was interviewed.
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