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‣ Odesa’s fifth mass grave is located at Chornomorska Road, southwest of the city. There is no fence or wall around the site, which is frequently visited by Jewish tour groups and others, but there is occasional clearing or cleaning by local authorities. ‣ In Ostroh (Rivnenska oblast), a mass grave is located across the Vilija River, in the woods on the edge of the new town, where a memorial and monument are built. ‣ At Komarno (Lvivska oblast), the mass grave is in the midst of the woods on the edge of town. One follows a dirt road through farm country, past the town dump, and a short way off, immersed in thick trees, is the burial site. It has been fenced, but the gate is broken, and the site itself is almost as overgrown as the surrounding forest. Additional information about mass graves and often Holocaust related sites has been provided by survivors and genealogists. ‣ The Jewish cemetery in Horodenka (Ivano-Frankivska oblast) still exists, though many of the gravestones were removed by the Germans and their local assistants and used to pave the streets. The cemetery appears neglected, but the overgrown vegetation is controlled by grazing animals. The surrounding stone wall is gone, but survivors in Israel are planning to have a fence erected. There are two mass graves: one for women and one for men. There is a beautiful memorial over one of the mass graves erected in the late 1990s with the financial support of survivors in Israel. It has inscriptions in Hebrew and Ukrainian. The Hebrew plaque reads in English as follows: In memory of all the martyred victims of the Holocaust from Horodenka and vicinity who were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators during the actions, in the labor camps, in the death camps, and by all other means during the period of the Second World War, 1941-1945. 55 ‣ Near Horodenka is Siemakowcze (Ivano-Frankivska oblast) on December 4, 1941 2,500 Jewish men, women, and children from Horodenka were murdered. On the mass grave, stands a simple monument, erected some time ago, with the dedication “To the Victims of Fasism” in Russian. This was the only inscription that the communist regime would allow. After the demise of the U.S.S.R., a tablet was attached describing in more detail what was being commemorated. In Hebrew, Ukrainian, English, and Yiddish it states: “Mass grave of 2,500 Jews - adults and children - from Horodenka and the vicinity who were murdered here by Nazis on Dec. 4, 1941. May the memory of the Holocaust victims be blessed forever.” ‣ Also near Horodenka is a memorial in the cemetery of Tovste (Ternopilska oblast, formerly Tlusty), where some of the remaining Jews from Horodenka were sent to die in a local ghetto. The Hebrew inscription translated into English reads: “In memory of the martyrs of Tlusty and surroundings who were annihilated by the Nazis in the years 1942-1943 and to remember all the martyrs who are buried in this cemetery. Erected by the survivors from Tlusty.” 55 This information comes from a detailed and moving account of a visit to Horodenka (formerly Gorodenka) by Tosia Schneider, “Visiting Gorodenka, Fifty-three Years Later” at http://shangrila.cs.ucdavis.edu:1234/heckman/gorodenka/. Ms. Schneider, born Szechter, spent her early life in Horodenka. She is the only survivor of her family, having spent part of the Second World War in the ghettoes of Horodenka, Tluste, and the labor camp at Lisowce. She moved to the U.S.A. in 1949. 59
Fig. 38. Babyn Yar (Kyivska oblast), Ukraine. Memorial at site of massacre. Photo: 1993 Fig. 39. Rivne (Rivnenska oblast), Ukraine. Memorial to 17,500 murdered Jews. Photo: Jonathan Finley 2/1996 60
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JEWISH CEMETERIES, SYNAGOGUES, AND
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May 30, 2005 Message from the Chair
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APPENDIX VI: LIST OF USEFUL CONTACT
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Additional thanks go to many indivi
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Map of Ukraine and Oblasts (Regions
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The condition of the sites surveyed
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More localized efforts have also ar
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Fig. 1. Kamjanka-Buzka (Lvivska obl
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Kamin Kashyrskyj (Volynska ). Black
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Association of Jewish Organizations
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ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, AND O
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Bershad Address: Jakira Str. 4-47 2
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Iziaslav Address: Nezalezhnosti Str
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Kremenchuk Address: Kvartalna Str.
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Pavlovhrad Address: Poltavska Str.
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Svitlovodsk Address: V. Bojka 10 27
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Appendix VII: The Survey Form Surve
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I. The Town: Present Circumstances
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IV. Location, Markers, Access, Secu
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40. Approximate percentage of survi
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50. Inscriptions on tombstones are
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60. What care has been taken of the
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XI. Survey Background 74. Name, add
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3. Each Party will ensure that ther
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Appendix IX: List of Illustrations
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34. Belz (Lvivska oblast), Ukraine.
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