NARODICHI

NARODICHI:     US Commission No. UA05320501
Alternate name: Naroditch (Hungarian). Narodichi is located in Zhitomirskaya at 51º12 29º5, 140 km from Zhitomir, 25 km from Ovruch, 50 km from Korosten and 133 km from Kiev. The mass grave is located at 1 km to North. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Council-Shevchenko Vladimir Vasilyevich [Phone: 91487]. Stotland Asya Yakovlevna of Narodichi, Kuybysheva Street 4.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1683. 1925 Jewish population (census) was 3269. The Jewish Hasidic mass grave was dug in 1941. Jews from no other towns or villages were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with no surviving stones toppled or broken, date from the 20th century. No stones were removed. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns mass burial property. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Rarely, local residents visit site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities did re-erection of stones. Occasionally, authorities clean or clear. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, and proposed nearby development.
     Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: (04141)54259] visited site and completed survey on 10/8/95. Interviewed was Stotland Asya Yakovlevna of Kuybysheva Street, 4 on 20/08/1994.
NARODYCHI II:     US Commission No. UA05320101
See NARODYCHI I for information on town information. The cemetery, located at Shevchenko Street, was established in 19th century with last known Hasidic burial in 1991. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken fence with non-locking gate surrounds. The approximate size of cemetery before WWII and now is 1.35 hectares. 21 to 100 stones, most in their original location, date from 1914. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have portraits on stones and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and frequently in the last 10 years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Very serious threat: vegetation (constant problem). Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism. Slight threat: pollution and proposed nearby development.
     Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street, 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: (04141)54259] visited site and completed survey on 20/07/1995. Interviewed was Stotland Asya Yakovlevna of Narodichi, Kubysheva Street, 4 on 20/07/1994.