- Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland, Vol. 2 (1980), pp. 190-193: "Zabłotów".
- Shtetl Finder (1989), p. 123: "Zablutov".
- Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), XIV, pp. 189-190: "Zabłotów".
- Jewish Records Indexing Poland Town Page
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Galicia SIG
- Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
- KehilaLink [Apr 2013]
- cemetery photos. [Mar 2014]
- Jewish Bukovina. [Mar 2014]
CEMETERIES:
ZABOLOTOV I: US Commission No. UA08240101
Alternate name: Zablatov, Zablotov (Yiddish), Zablotow, Zablotuv (German), Zablutov (Hungarian) and Zabolotiv (Ukraine). Zabolotov is located in Ivano-Frankovskaya at 48º28 25º18, 50 km from Chernovtsy, 70 km from Ivano-Frankovsk and 20 km from Snyatin. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
- Town officials: Town Executive Council-Ravlyuk Bogdan Vasiliyevich [Phone: (03476) 41188]. Local officials:
- Regional: Oblast State Administration-Skripnichuk Vasiliy Mikhaylovich [Phone: (03422) 25280]. Regional State Administration, Chairman Grinik Petr Ivanovich [Phone: (03476) 21210]. Main Architect of Snyatin Region, Lukavetskiy Aleksandr Yaroslavovich [Phone: (03476) 21505].
- Town officials: Jewish Community of Kolesnik, Victor Pavlovich [Phone: (03422) 34894].
The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1454. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1867 Jews received all rights of Austro-Hungary, 1890-1900 emigration to USA. Buried in the cemetery is son of Alter rabbi with last known Jewish burial was 1930. Jewish community was Sadgorskaya, Vizhnitskaya Hasidic. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the cemetery. 501 to 5000 stones, most in original location with 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 18th to 20th century. Locations of any removed stones are unknown. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns property used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development. Occasionally, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and occasionally in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Serious threat: uncontrolled access (leads to destruction of tombstones), vandalism (destruction of tombstones) and existing nearby development (The widening farmland threatens to cut into cemetery.) Moderate threat: pollution, vegetation and proposed nearby development. Slight threat: weather erosion.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prosp. 37A, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044) 2769505] visited site on 19/09/1996. Interviewed was Lukavetskiy Aleksandr Yaroslavovich [Phone: (03476) 21505] on 20/09/1996. Hodorkovskiy completed survey on 04/10/1996. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopaedia; Encyclopaedia Judaica; Balaban M. Jewish Historical Memorials in Polska, Jewish Starina, 1909, #1; Support Plan of town.
ZABOLOTOV II: US Commission No. UA08240501
The mass grave is located at S, Homovo Mountain.
- Local History Museum of Buzhenko Tatyano Stepanovna [Phone: (03422) 22122].
The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1454. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1867 when Jews received all rights of Austro-Hungary and 1890-1900 Jewish emigration to USA. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Sadgorskaya, Vizhnitskaya Hasidic burial 1942. Jews from no other towns or villages were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated suburban crown of a hill has signs or plaques in local language 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. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1957. No stones were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns property used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The mass grave boundaries are larger now than 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours and Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. This mass grave was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities did re-erection of stones and cleared vegetation in 1957. Now, occasionally authorities clear or clean. Moderate threat: weather erosion and vegetation. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vandalism.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prosp. 37A, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044) 2769505] visited site on 19/09/1996. Interviewed was Lukavetskiy Aleksandr Yaroslavivich [Phone: (03476) 21505] on 20/09/1996. Hodorkovskiy completed survey on 04/10/1996. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopaedia; Encyclopaedia Judaica; Shulmeyster Y.A.; Hitlerism in Jewish History. Kiev. 1990; Passport of History and Culture Memorial.
http://home.adelphia.net/~rschechter/zab90-05.htm has Photos
http://home.adelphia.net/~rschechter/zaboloto.htm Shtetl site
http://home.adelphia.net/~rschechter/cem01.htm has surveys which we do not have. [October 2002]
[UPDATE] Photos by Charles Burns [April 2016]