KAMEN' KASHIRSKIY

KAMEN' KASHIRSKIY I:     US Commission No. UA02300501
Alternate names: Kamien Kostyrsk (Yiddish), Kamin Koshirsky (German) and Kamen' Kashirskiy (English). The town is located at 51º38 24º58, 230 km from Lutsk and 0 km from Rovno. The mass grave is located at southeast on the way to Guta-Kamenskaya in the forest. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
-- Town officials: City Executive Soviet. Kamen' Kashirskiy, Ploshchad' Nezavisimosti, N2, of chairman Kashrets Vasiliy Prokopovich, [Phone: (?)23285]. Administration of Housing and Community Services of 254540, Kamen' kashirskiy, Chapayeva Street, N8, [Phone: (?)23478].
-- Regional: Monument Preservation Department, Oblast Museum of Region Study, 263000, Lutsk, Galana Street, N2, [Phone: (03322) 42253]. Archives of Volinskaya Oblast, 263024, Lutsk, Veteranov Street, N21, [Phone: (03322) 57533]
-- Town officials: Jewish Community of Vohlinskaya Oblast, 263000, Lutsk, Vinnichenko N49, apt.6, [Phone: (03322) 40045] and Yad Vashem, Izrael.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 16-17th century. 1939 Jewish population was 617. Effecting the Jewish Community were Khmelnitskiy Pogroms, First World War, 1917 The Revolution, Brest Peace Conference-1920, and 1939 joining the USSR. The Karlin-Stolinskaya Hasids Jewish mass grave was dug in 1942 century. Sedlishche (25 km away) used this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated wooded flat land has signs or plaques in local language and in Hebrew mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Teached by the road to Guta Kamenskaya, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.04 hectares. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location, date from the 20th century. No stones were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for communal grave. Adjacent properties are forest. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop at site. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II. Local/municipal authorities did re-erection of stones in 1992. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Serious threat: uncontrolled access (caretaker needed). Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and vandalism. No threat: existing nearby development and proposed nearby development.
     Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of 263005 Lutsk, Grushevskogo Street 18, Apt. 38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 22/11/1996. Interviewed were Zhuravskaya Svetlana Yakovlevna, secretary of village Executive Soviet of the City [Phone: (?)23377] on 22/11/1996. Documentation: The Holocaust of Vohlynian Jews 1941-1945. Yad Vashem, Federation of Vohlynian Jews Jerusalem, 1990. Shmuel Spector. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KAMEN' KASHIRSKIY II:     US Commission No. UA02300102
     See Kamen' Kashirskiy I for town information. The cemetery is located at in the end of Gagarin StreetThe last known Karlin-Stolinskaya Hasids Jewish burial was in 1941. Khotemov (20 km away) and Malaya Glusha (20 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The suburban flat land at the crown of a hill, separate but near other cemeteries, has signs or plaques in local language and in Hebrew mentioning the Holocaust. Reached via Shevchenko Streetand Gagarina Str., access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII and now is 1.80 hectares. 1 to 20 common tombstones, none in their original location, date from the 20th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains marked 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. Occasionally, local residents visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation 1992. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, vegetation and proposed nearby development. No threat: pollution and existing nearby development.
     Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of 263005 Lutsk, Grushevskogo Street 18, Apt. 38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 20/11/1996. Interviewed on 20/11/1996 was Zhuravskaya Sveliana Yakovlevna, Secretary of village Executive Soviet [Phone: (?) 23377]. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopedia.