Alternate names: Zof'yuvka and ТРОХИМБРОД / СОФИЕВКА.[Rus], Zofjówka [Pol], Trokhymbrid and Трохимбрід / Софіївка [Ukr], Sofievka, Sofiovka, Sofiyevka, Trochenbrod, Trochinbrod, Trokhinbrod, Trochimbrod, Trokhnibrod, Zofiówka, Zofiuvka. 50°55' N, 25°42' E,
- Ha-ilan ve-shoreshav; sefer korot T"L Zofiowka-Ignatowka
(Givatayim, 1988) - KehilaLink.
- Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
- JewishGen Ukraine SIG
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews Virtual Shtetl
- Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), XVI, p. 721: "Zofiówka" #4.
- Shtetl Finder (1989), p. 95: "Sofiovka, Trochinbrod".
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 1516: "Zofjowka".
CEMETERY:
US Commission No. UA02230501
Alternate name: Yaromel, Ignatovka (Yiddish), Figentovka (German) and Ignatowka (Hungarian), Zofyuvka (German), Sofiovka (Polish), Trochenbrod (English) and Trochinbrod (Russian). Zof'yuvka is located in Volynskaya at 50º57 25º38, 35 km from Lutsk and 50 km from Rovno. The mass grave is located in woods behind the farm on the forest road. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
- Town officials: Village Executive Council-Kropivnitskiy Nikolay Vladimirovich [Phone: (071) 26131]. Housing Dept. Village Executive Council-Tkachuk Polina Ivanovna [Phone: (071) 26131].
- Regional: Oblast Cultural Dept. for the Protection of Monuments of Lutsk, Chopen's St. 20 [Phone: (03322) 42253].
- Volyn Jewish Community, 263000, Lutsk, Vinnichenka St. 49, apt.6 [Phone: (03322)40045]. Bibliography of Community Memorial Book, Sofiyevka-Ignatovka, Givataim, 1988 Working Group for the book 'Remembering', Nakonechniy Vladislav Andreevich.
The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population was 1531. Effecting the Jewish community were Civil War and 1st World War. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. Jews from no other towns or villages were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated wooded flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by road to Gorodische, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. The common tombstones date from 1980. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns mass burial site. Properties adjacent are forest. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents visit. This mass grave was not vandalized. Now, occasionally, authorities clear or clean. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: pollution, vegetation, vandalism, and existing nearby development.
Kirzhner Moisey of 263005, Lutsk, Grushevskogo St. 18, Apt.38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 20/06/1995. Interviewed was Aleksyuk A. Maksimchuk A. on 20/06/1995. Documentation: Shmuel Spector. The Holocaust of Volhynian Jews. 1941-1945; Yad Vashem. The Federation of Volhynian Jews. Jerusalem. 1990, p. 14, 22, 66, 71, 118, 209, 210, 229, 260, 306-310, 338, 358.
ZOF'YUVKA II: US Commission No. UA02230502
The mass grave is located at SE, 5 km on the road to Gorodishe. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. Jews from no other towns or villages were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, Stones date from 1980. No stones were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns property used for agricultural use (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents visit. The mass grave was not vandalized in the last ten years. Now, occasionally, authorities clear or clean. Slight threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism.
Kirzhner Moisey of 263005, Lutsk, Grushevskogo St. 18, Apt.38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 21/06/1995. Interviewed was Aleksyuk P. Maksimchuk A. on 20/06/1995. Documentation: Shmuel Spector. The Holocaust of Volhynian Jews. 1941-1945; Yad Vashem. The Federation of Volhynian Jews. p.310. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
ZOF'YUVKA III: US Commission No. UA02230101
The Karlin-Stolin Hasidic cemetery was established in 19th century. Ignatovka (2 km away) 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 or fence, or gate surrounds the cemetery. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII was 1.50 and is now 0.80 hectares. No stones are visible. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns site now used for agricultural use (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of agriculture. 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. Moderate threat: vandalism. Slight threat: uncontrolled access. No threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, and existing or proposed nearby development.
Kirzhner Moisey of Apt. 38, 18 Grushevskogo Pr., Lutsk visited site and completed survey on 21/06/95. Alexuk P. on 21/06/95 and Maximchuk A. on 21/06/95 were interviewed. Documentation: Shmuel Spektor. The Holocaust of Volhynian Jews. 1941-1945. Yad-Vashem, the Federation of Volynian Jews. Jerusalem 1990.
[UPDATE] Photos from Trochenbrod [January 2015]