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LOBACHYOVKA:     US Commission No. UA02310101
Alternate names: Lobaczovka (German). The town is located at 50º25 24º59, 90 km from Lutsk. The cemetery is located at 300m from the road to Maryanovka village. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 17-18 century. 1939 Jewish population was 45. Effecting Jewish community were Khmelnitskiy and Gaydamatchina Pogroms, 1917 Revolution, 1920 joining Poland, and 1939 joining the USSR. The last known Karlin-Stolinskaya Hasidic burial was in 1941. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The rural (agricultural) hillside, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. It is reached from the road to Berestechko village. Access is open to all with no wall, fence or gate. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII and now is 0.35 hectares. 1 to 20 common tombstones date from 19th century. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns the property now used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing) and waste dumping. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely do local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and frequently in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion (caused 4 stones to lie on ground) and pollution (too much refuse). Serious threat: vegetation (seasonal, disturbing the stones) and vandalism (There are a lot of holes).
     Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of 263005 Lutsk, Grushevskogo Street 18, Apt. 38 [Phone (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 14/11/1996. Interviewed was Cdovets Liliya Ignatyevna, secretary of Village Executive Soviet of Lobachevk on 14/11/1996. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopedia.
Parent Category: EASTERN EUROPE