KOLODIEVKA

v. KOLODIEVKA I:     US Commission No. UA22120101
Alternate names: Kolodiivka (Ukraine). v. Kolodievka is located in Khmelnitskaya. The town is located at 48º_ 26º0, 40 km from Kamenets-Podolskiy and 110 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at west, Novaya Kolodievka. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.

• Town officials: Village Soviet - Gornyak Antonina Nikolaevna [Phone: (03849) 95738].
  
• Regional: Kamenets-Podolskiy Rayispolkom - Yarymchuk Vladimir Andreevich [Phone: (03849) 91261]. Oblispolkom - Guseynikov Evgeniy Yakovlevich [Phone: (03822) 65024].
  
• Town officials: Kamenets-Podolskiy Regional Department of Culture, Malik Anton Ivanovich at (03849) 23329.
  
• Kamenets-Podolskiy Jewish Community, Hayat-Abramovich Efim - (03849) 24813.
  

     The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 850. Effecting Jewish Community was 07.27.1942 Holocaust. The Jewish cemetery was removed in 1970. The last known Hasidic burial was removed 1970. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The suburban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has 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 tombstones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property now used for Jewish and non-Jewish cemetery. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Rarely, local residents visit. This cemetery was not vandalized. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, and vandalism.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site on 3/25/95. Interviewed was Radetskaya O.E. of Kolodievka on 3/25/95. Oks completed survey on 04/18/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
v. KOLODIEVKA II:     US Commission No. UA22120102
     The cemetery is located at 3 km west from center. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1910 with last known Hasidic burial 1941. Studenitsa (2 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 101 to 500 stones, most in original location with between 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 1910. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, other metallic elements and metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing and stones. Very serious threat: vegetation. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion and pollution.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site on 3/25/95. Interviewed was Radetskaya O.E. of Kolodievka on 3/25/95. Oks completed survey on 04/18/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.