Alternate names: Khmil'nyk [Ukr], Khmel'nik [Rus], Khmelnik [Yid], Klmyelnik. 49°33' N, 27°58' E, 32 miles NW of Vinnytsya (Vinnitsa), 19 miles NE of Letichev..
- JewishGen Ukraine SIG
- Shtetl Finder (1989), p. 15: "Chmelnik".
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 619: "Khmelnik".
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Khmelnik Community of Liberal Judaism |
Chairperson: Maria Koltonyuk
Address: 9-48, 1st Traven Street, Khmilnyk, Vinnytsya region 22000 Ukraine
Phone: 380-4338 20632
Region: 02 Vinnytsya region
Profile: 2.2 Jewish Congregations
Corporation: Reform
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Khmelnik Jewish Community |
Chairperson: Mariya Koltonyuk
Address: 9-48, 1st May Street, Khmelnik, Vinnytsya region Ukriane
Phone: 380-63 273-6189
Region: 02 Vinnytsya region
Profile: 3.1 Jewish Community and Welfare Centers
Corporation: Chabad
CEMETERY:
- JOWBR: Jewish Cemetery
- 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.