NOVAYA CHERTORIYA

v. NOVAYA CHARTORIYA:     US Commission No. UA05130101
v. Novaya Chartoriya is located in Zhitomirskaya, 10 km from Zhitomir and 15 km from Lyubar. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Soviet.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1847. The last known Hasidic burial was until 1941. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The rural (agricultural) hillside by water has no sign or marker. Reached by "other," access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. No stones are visible. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has only common tombstones. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The unknown owner uses site for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of agriculture. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Serious threat: uncontrolled access. Moderate threat: vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, and existing nearby and/or proposed development.
     Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: 54239] visited site on 7/19/94. Interviewed was Local resident on 8/19/94. Kogan completed survey on 07/21/1994.
v. NOVAYA CHERTORIYA:     US Commission No. UA05130501
Alternate name: Chartoriya Chadasha (Hebrew). v. Novaya Chertoriya is located in Zhitomirskaya, 15 km from Lyubar and 103 km from Zhitomir. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Council [Phone: (071)96237 and 96216].
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1789. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 456. The Jewish 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 signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by crossing other public property, access is open to all. A continuous fence surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with no surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1990. 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 river. Rarely, local residents visit site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals within country did re-erection of stones in 1990. Occasionally, authorities clean or clear. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion and vegetation.
     Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt.42. [Phone: (04141)54259] visited site on 19/07/1994. Kogan completed survey on 09/04/1995.