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Alternate names: Kodyma [Rus, Ukr, Pol], Kodima [Yid], Codima [Rom]. 48°06' N, 29°07' E, 26 miles WNW of Balta, 24 miles NNE of Rîbniţa (Rybnitsa).1900 Jewish population: 2,241

Jewish history [May 2016]

CEMETERIES:

KODYMA I:     US Commission No. UA15070101
Alternate names: Kodima (Russian). Kodyma is located in Odesskaya at 48º6 29º7, 242 km from Odessa, 190 km from Vinnitsa, and 114 km from Uman. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 11-100 Jews.

  • See Kodyma II.

The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1968. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century with last known Jewish burial in 1994. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked Hasidic cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken fence and non-locking gate surrounds the site. 501 to 5000 stones, most in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery has special sections for men and women. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, bronze decorations or lettering, other metallic elements, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Frequently, organized individual tours visit and private visitors. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and occasionally in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country and abroad did re-erection of stones, patched broken stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation 1948. Jewish survivors pay the regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing and stones. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. 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 and completed survey on 7/3/94. Interviewed were local residents. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.

 

MASS GRAVES:


KODYMA II:     US Commission No. UA15070501

  • Town officials: Kodyma rayispolkom - Chairman Marinov S.M.
  • Regional: Regional Department of Culture - Chairman Petrash Nikolay Stepanovich. Regional Executive Committee of Department of Culture [Phone: (0482) 251351].
  • Jewish Community-Slepoy Boris Iosifovich. Jewish Community, Chairman-Milshteyn Feliks Il'ich. Jewish Community-Chechel'nitzkiy Shimon.

The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Jewish burial in 1943. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The unlandmarked suburban hill has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by village road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with non-locking gate surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. Stones date from 1942. The mass grave has only common tombstones. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The mass grave is visited frequently by organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents. The mass grave was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. There has been. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals abroad cleaned stones and cleared vegetation 1992. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the mass grave is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: pollution, existing nearby development and proposed nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] in 07/1994 in 11/1990. He completed survey on 02/14/1995. Interviewed on 07/1994 were Shrayberg M.I. and Slepoy B.I. of Kodyma. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.


KODYMA III:     US Commission No. UA15070502
The mass grave is located at northeast. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The unlandmarked suburban hill has signs or plaques in local language and in Hebrew mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by village road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with non-locking gate surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. Stones date from 1941. The mass grave has only common tombstones. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The mass grave is visited frequently by organized individual tours, private visitors and local residents. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Regional/national authorities and Jewish individuals within country cleaned stones and cleared vegetation 1992. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the mass grave is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: pollution. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] in 07/1994 in 11/1990. Interviewed on 07/1994 were Shrayberg M.I. and Slepoy B.I.. Oks completed survey on 02/14/1995.

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