KHYROV I: US Commission No. UA13280102.
The town is in Lvovskaya oblast at 49º32' and 40º00', 6 km from Dobromil and 30 km from Sambor. The cemetery is located at north of village on left side of Dobromilskaya Street fronting Christian cemetery. Present town population is 1000-5000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Soviet chairman Lubchik Sergei Petrovich, I.Franko St., 16, tel.: 24102.
-- 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 cemetery is unlocked with no caretaker. The earliest mention of Jewish community is 1544. 1900Jewish population was 1164. Meilakh Berner was chairman of a community prior the World War II. The Orthodox cemetery was created is 2nd half of the 19th century with last known Jewish burial before June 1941. Other towns did not use this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban hillside next to other cemeteries has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off road, access is open to all. A broken masonry wall with no gate surrounds site. The approximate size of the cemetery before the World War II and now is 0.25 hectares. 1-20 tombstones are all in original location with more than 75% of stones broken. Some removed stones are part of roads or structures in Khyrov. The concrete double stones or multi-stone monuments date from 20th century but none have inscriptions. There are no separate monuments or mass graves. Municipality owns property used as Jewish cemetery and for cattle grazing. The cemetery borders meadow and forest across from a Christian cemetery. The cemetery boundaries are the same as in 1939. The cemetery is visited from time to time by private visitors. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II and since. No care or restoration. There are ruins of morgue from 1934 or Bet Tahara. Until the mid-1980s, the many stones in the cemetery were removed, but year by year. At present, only a difficult to move horizontal concrete slab is left. Very serious threat: vandalism. Moderate threat: safety, incompatibility with building process. Slight threat: erosion, pollution, vegetation overgrowth, and incompatible planned development.
Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 completed survey on 10.11.1998. Documentation: SALR, Fond 1, Inventory 52, page 6; Slownik Geog. Krol. Polkiegi, T.1, Street 669, Warszawa, 1880 (in Polish); Jewish Encyclopedia , B.13, p. 874, St. Petersburg, 1909; Akty Sadow Krolewskich Polkich, jd.1, nr.35, k.589-590 (in Polish); Basic plan of Khyrov since 1960. Iosif Gelston visited the site for this survey in 3.11.1998. The chairman of Village Soviet Lubchik Sergei Petrovich, I.Franko St., 16, tel.: 24102, was interviewed.
KHYROV-II: US Commission No. UA13280103
The cemetery is located in the central part of the village, Kotsubinskiy St., the right side. The Orthodox cemetery was created in the 17th century with last known Jewish burial in 19th century. No other town used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off the road, access is open with permission. A continuous fence with gate and no lock surrounds site. The approximate size of the cemetery before the World War II was 0.6 hectares. There are no visible tombstones, structures or mass graves. More than 75% of stones are broken. Some of the removed stones are part of roads or structures in Khyrov. Present owner of the cemetery property is kindergarten yard and electric substation. The property presently is used as Jewish cemetery and electric power station. A residential area borders the cemetery. The cemetery boundaries are smaller than in 1939 because of the commercial-industrial development. The cemetery is visited from time to time by private visitors. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II, and since then. There has been no care or restoration. Serious threat: vandalism, incompatible current construction. The cemetery was demolished during Soviet time. Moderate threat: safety, erosion, and incompatible planned development. Slight threat: pollution, vegetation overgrowth.
Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 completed survey on 10.11.1998. Documentation: CSHA, Fond 186, Inventory 9, 511 Points of Safe, page 16; SALR, F.1, inv.14, 3073 Points of Safe. Slownik Geog.Krol. Polskiego, T.1, St 669, Warsz., 1880 (in Polish); Jewish Encyclopedia ,B.13, p.874, St Petersburg, 1909. Gelston visited the site on 3.11.1998. The Village Soviet chairman Lubchik Sergei Petrovich, tel.: 24102, I.Franko St. 16 was interviewed.
[UPDATE] Photos by Charles Burns [March 2016]