LOPATIN: US Commission No. UA13620101.
Alternative names: German: Lopatin Polish: Lopatyn. It is located in Lvovskaya Oblast at 50º13' and 42º30', 18 km from Radekhov. The cemetery is located at SE end of village, Brodskaya St. Present town population is 5000-25000. No Jewish population. The isolated suburban plain among fields has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off the road, access is open to all. No wall, fence or gate surround. There are no visible tombstones, structures or mass graves. There are no visible gravestones. The Municipality owns property used for cattle grazing. The cemetery borders residential area. Rarely, local citizens visit. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II and between 1945 and 1981. There has been no care or restoration. Very serious threat: vandalism, safety, pollution, vegetation overgrowth, incompatible current development. They were demolished during German occupation and during after-war period by local citizens, and were used as building material. Moderate threat: erosion, incompatible planned development.
Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 completed survey on 4.10.1998. Documentation: Slownik Geograficzny Krolewstwa Polskiego, T.1, St. 624, 1880 (in Polish). Gelston visited site. Okhota Roman Vasilievich, Village Soviet Chairman, tel.: 36435, was interviewed.
[UPDATE] Photos by Charles Burns [March 2016]