KRAKOVETS: used the cemetery at Yavorov
KRAKOVETS I: US Commission No. UA13510101
Alternative names: German: Krakovetz Polish: Krakowec. It is located in Lvovskaya oblast at 49º57' 40º50', 16 km from Yavorov. The cemetery is located at the southwest part of the village, Shukhevich St. 23-24. Present town population is 1000-5000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Soviet chairman Elfimov Alexandr Ivanovich, Shukhevich St., 2, tel.: 22458. Local officials: Village Soviet - Krakovets.
-- Regional officials: Lvov Regional State Administration, Lvov Vinnichenko St., 18, reception room, tel.: 722947, 728093. Lvov Center State Historical Archives (CSHA), Sobornaya square, 3a, tel.: 723508.
-- Lvov Jewish Community, Lvov Mikhnovskih St., 4, Rabbi Mordekhai Shloime Bold, tel.: 330524.
The unlocked cemetery has no caretaker. The earliest mention of Jewish community is 1640. The Jewish population was 680 Jews in 1900. 1648-1655 Khmelnitchina effected Jewish community. The unlandmarked, Orthodox cemetery was created in 17th century with last known Jewish burial before June 1941. The isolated urban plain has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off the road and crossing other private properties, access is open for all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the cemetery. The approximate size of the cemetery before the World War II was 0.3 hectares. 1-20 tombstones are not in their original location with more than 75% of stones are broken. Some of the stones that were removed from the cemetery are in park behind the school. Masonry gravestones were taken away in the end of 1970s during building of new structures. The oldest known gravestone on the cemetery is dated 18th century. Gravestones on the cemetery are dated from 18th to 20th centuries. The sandstone and slate finely smoothed stones with Hebrew inscriptions and flat stones with carved relief decoration. There are no separate monuments, structures or mass graves. Municipality owns property used as Jewish cemetery and for cattle grazing. The cemetery borders residential area. The cemetery boundaries are smaller than in 1939 because of agricultural development. The cemetery is visited from time to time by private visitors. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II and since. There has been no care or restoration. Serious threat: vandalism. Moderate threat: pollution, vegetation overgrowth, incompatibility with present and planned construction. Slight threat: safety, erosion.
Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 visited site and completed survey on 8.11.1998. Documentation: CSHA, Fond 186, Inventory 9, page 7; Slownik Geog. Krol. Pol., T.4, St605, Warsz., 1883 (in Polish); Jewish Encyclopedia ,B.9, p.809, St. Petersburg, 1910; CSHA, Fond 9, Inventory 1, #391, page 890. Vladimir Khorunzhak, Shukhevich St. 32 was interviewed.
KRAKOVETS II: US Commission No. UA13510501
The cemetery is located at the northeast part of the village, near the lake, Mitskevich St. 2. The unlocked cemetery has no caretaker. The unlandmarked Orthodox cemetery was created in 1942 with last known Jewish burial in 1942. The isolated urban site, located near the lake, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the cemetery. The cemetery did not exist during World War II. There are no visible tombstones, broken stones, separate monuments, or structures, but there are unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns property used only as Jewish cemetery and overgrown land near the lake. A shop and lake border the cemetery. The cemetery boundaries are larger than in 1939. Rarely, private visitors stop here. The cemetery has never been vandalized. There has been no care or restoration. Serious threat: pollution, vegetation overgrowth; the place of execution is located on the lake bank and it is covered with bushes, where different subjects are thrown away. Water drainage is a serious problem. Moderate threat: safety, erosion, and vandalism. Slight threat: incompatibility with present and planned construction.
Iosif Gelston Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 visited the site on 3.11.1998 and completed survey on 10.11.1998 Documentation: Slownik Geog. Krol. Polskiego, T.4, St.605, Warszawa, 1883 (in Polish); Jewish Encyclopedia ,B.9, p.809, St Petersburg, 1910; SCHA, Fond 9, Inventory 1, page 890; Basic plan of Krokovets, Lvov, 1967. Citizen of Krokovets since 1918 - Khorunzhak Vladimir, Krokovets, Shukhevich St. 32 was interviewed.
[UPDATE] Photos by Charles Burns [March 2016]