Alternate names: Ivano-Frankivs'k- Івано-Франківськ [Ukr], Ivano Frankovsk [Rus], Stanisławów [Pol], Stanislau [Ger], Stanisle-סטאַניסלעוו [Yid], Iwano Frankowsk, Stanislav, Stanislo, Stanislavov, Stanislowow (interwar). 48°55' N, 24°42' E, Major city in W Ukraine, 70 miles SSE of Lviv. 1900 Jewish population: 14,106. KehilaLinks. JOWBR burial list. Town and Jewish history. Jewish Community information. [September 2009] Yizkors:
- Arim ve-imahot be-yisrael; matsevet kodesh le-kehilot yisrael she-nehrevu bi-yedei aritsim u-tmeim be-milhemet ha-olam ha-aharona, vol. 5, Stanislawow (Jerusalem, 1952)
- Al horvotayikh Stanislavov; divrei edut le-kilayon kehilat Stanislavov ve-sevivata mipi adei-re-iah ve-al-pi teudot
(Tel Aviv, 1947) - Pinkas ha-kehilot; entsiklopediya shel ha-yishuvim le-min hivasdam ve-ad le-aher shoat milhemet ha-olam ha-sheniya: Poland vol. 2: Eastern Galicia
(Jerusalem, 1980) - List of Citizens Murdered by the Nazis from the documents of the Russian Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes.
- Cemetery list
- Im yehude Stanislawow bi-yeme Klaya
(Lohame ha-Getaot, 1981) - Jewish Bukovina [Mar 2014]
- Czernowitz-Ephes [Mar 2014]
Jewish Community of Ivano-Frankovsk
Strachenykh str. 7
Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukraine 76000
Tel.: (380 3422) 230-29, 067-7105942
Fax: (380 3422) 75304
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CEMETERIES:
IVANO-FRANKOVSK I: US Commission No. UA08010103
Alternate name: Iwano Frankowsk (Yiddish), Stanislau, Stanislav (German), Stanislavov (Hungarian) and Stanislawow (Czech). Alternate name: Iwano Frankowsk (Russian), Stanislau, Stanislav (German), Stanisle (Yiddish), Stanislavov (Hungarian) and Stanislawow (Czech). [See KehilaLinks for name information.] Ivano-Frankovsk is located in Ivano-Frankovskaya at 48º56 43º24, 114 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at west near...
- Town officials: Town Executive Council - Chairman Borovich Bogdan Karlovich [Phone: (03422) 25146]. Main Architect of Ivano-Frankovsk - Idak Vladimir Vladimirovich [Phone: (03422) 23928].
- Regional: Oblast State Administration - Deputy of Chairman -Skripnichuk Vasiliy Mikhaylovich [Phone: (03422) 25280]. Oblast Department of Architecture and Town Development - Deputy Chairman-Bannatov Nazim [Phone: (03422) 32185].
- Jewish Community of Kolesnik Viktor Pavlovich [Phone: (03422) 34894].
The earliest known Jewish community was 1662. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 23248. Effected Jewish Community: 1867- Jews receved all rights of Austro-Hungary, 1890-1900 was Jewish emigration to USA, 1892 Jewish school opened and 1941-44-Holocaust. Avraam Galpern the delegate of of the consulting assembly and Arthur Nemchyn- mayor of Stanislav 1910s lived here. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1927. Otyniyskiy Rabbi Haim ben-Bopukh Hager (died in 1932) is buried here. The last known Hasidic Jewish burial was 1960. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated flat suburban land by water has no sign or marker. Access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 501 to 5000 stones, about half in original location and between 50%-75% toppled or broken, date from 1927. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property now used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are recreational. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, organized Jewish group tours or pilgrimage groups, organized individual tours, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and occasionally in the last 10 years. Jewish individuals abroad fixed wall in 1996. Now, individuals occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the cemetery is an ohel. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: pollution, vandalism and proposed nearby development. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, vegetation and existing nearby development.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 37a, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044) 2769505] visited on 20/09/1996. He completed survey on 02/10/1996. Interviewed was Kolesnik V.P. of Ivano-Frankovsk, Pushkina Street, 76, apt.1 on 15/09/1996. Documentation: Encyclopedia Judaica; Wasiutynski B. Ludnose. Zydowska w Pose w wiekach XIX i XX, Warsawa, 1930; Archive Kolesnika V. P. (Chairmen of Jewish Community).
IVANO-FRANKOVSK II: US Commission No. UA08010102
See Ivano-Frankovsk I for town information. The cemetery is located at center, Nezavisimosty Ave, Otkrytaya, Stefanika Street. The Jewish cemetery was established in 17th century. Burshtyrskiy Rabbi (died 1915) is buried here. The last known Hasidic (Sadagorskaya, Vizhnitskaya) Jewish burial was 1920. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land with 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 stones is unknown. The cemetery contains unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property now used for recreational use (park, playground, sports). Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of new roads or highways and housing development. Local residents visit occasionally. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and not in the last 10 years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery is cinema "Kosmos". Very serious threat: vandalism and existing nearby development. Moderate threat: proposed nearby development. Slight threat: uncontrolled access and pollution.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 37a, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044) 2769505] visited siteon 22/09/1996. He completed survey on 03/10/1996. Interviewed was Kolesnik V.P. of Ivano-Frankovsk, Pushkina Street, 76, apt.1 on 15/09/1996. Documentation: Encyclopadea Judaica and Wasiutynski B. Ludnosc. Zydowska w Polsce w wiekach XIX Warsawa 1930; Archive of Jewish Community Kolesnik V.P.
IVANO-FRANKOVSK III: US Commission No. UA08010501
See Ivano-Frankovsk I for town information. The mass grave is located at west part of town, near the new Jewish cemetery. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic Jewish burial 1944. Hungary Jews (100km away) were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The suburban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has signs or plaques in Ukrainian 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. No stones are visible. No stones were removed. The mass grave has no special sections. The mass grave has only common tombstones from 1963 marking mass graves. Municipality owns the site now used for mass burial site. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial, agricultural, residential and new Jewish cemetery, dachas. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours and Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. This mass grave never was vandalized. Local/municipal authorities erected stones and cleared vegetation in 1964. Now, authorities clear or clean occasionally. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Water drainage at the mass grave is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: vandalism. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution and existing nearby development.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 37a, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044) 2769505] visited site on 17/09/1996. He completed survey on 03/10/1996. Interviewed was Buzhenko T.S. of Ivano-Frankovsk, Rynok sq., 5 [Phone: (03422) 22122] on 17/09/1996. Documentation: Encyclopaedia Judaica. Shulmeyster Y.A., Hitlerism in the History of Jews, Kiev, 1990; Passport of memorial history and culture.