KREMENCHUG

KREMENCHUG I:     US Commission No. UA16150501
Alternate names: Cremencinc (Yiddish), Kreementchug (German), Kremenchuk (Hungarian) and Krzemienczuk (Polish). Kremenchug is located in Poltavskay at 49º4 33º25, 133 km from Dnepropetrovsk and 119 km from Poltava. The mass grave is located at NNW of town: "Peshchanaya Gora". Present town population is over 100,000 with 1,001-10,000 Jews.
-- Town officials: Town Executive Committee of Kremenchug, Chairman Belan Leonid Nikolayevich [Phone: (071) 20048]. Town Executive Committee of Kremenchug. Town Archives, Chairman-Shabli Lyudmila Nikolayevna of Oktyabr'skaya Street 27. Town Chief Architect-Tkachev Sergey Vasil'yevich.
-- Regional: Regional State Archive. Chairman-Kukoba Ekaterina Ivanovna 314011, Poltava, Pushkinskaya Street 18/24.
-- Jewish Society 'Lekhaim', Chairman-Petrovetchkyy Anatoliy Grigor'yevich of (071) put in order 3-61-41 Doctor of history-Evselevskyy Lev Isaakovich of (071) put in order 3-55-47.
-- Others: Krayevedchesky Museum, Director Prichod'ko Natal'ya Viktorovna of Octyabr'skaya Street 2.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 30,135. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1880 establishment of regional organization "Hovevey-Tzion", Oct.19, 1905 and 1919 pogroms, Nov 1941-Jan 1942 Jewish Ghetto and Holocaust. Living here were Rabbi Iosef Tumarkin, Chairman of "Hovevey-Tzion" Levontin Z.D., Chlenov-Sionist, and Mane-Katz-Painter. The unlandmarked Jewish mass grave was dug in 1942. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. No stones are visible or were removed. The mass grave contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are residential. Occasionally, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop at site. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the mass grave are residences. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the mass grave is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: vandalism, and existing nearby development and proposed nearby development. Serious threat: pollution. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and weather erosion. Slight threat: vegetation.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 4/17/95. Interviewed was Evselevskyy L.I. of Kremenchug [Phone: (071) 35547] on 4/17/95. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KREMENCHUG II:     US Commission No. UA16150101
     The Habbad Hasidic cemetery is located at west of town: "Reevka" on Korolenko Street. Caretaker is Chernenko Varvara Trofimovna of Krasnozvezdnaya Street. 30. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1932 with last known Jewish burial in 1993. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The suburban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with non-locking gate surrounds site. 501 to 5000 stones, most in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1933. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, other metallic elements, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property now used for Jewish part on the municipal cemetery. Adjacent properties are residential and municipal cemetery. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Frequently, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country did re-erection of stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation 1932,1941. The government pays the regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and vandalism.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 4/16/95. Interviewed on 4/16/95 was Pataman Lidiya Dmitrieyvna of Korolenko St. 29/2. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KREMENCHUG III:     US Commission No. UA16150102
     The cemetery is located at west of town, station "Artilyeriyskiye sklady", Proletarskaya. The Habbad Hasidic cemetery was established in the 18th century with last known Jewish burial in 1930. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing public property (military), access is entirely closed. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. Cemetery was destroyed in 1930-1932. No stones are visible. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for industrial or commercial use. Adjacent properties are commercial-industrial, agricultural and residential. The cemetery is visited rarely. The cemetery was vandalized prior to World War II. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are an ohel and artillery storage. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: vandalism () and existing nearby development (On the cemetery site artillery and military storages). Moderate threat: proposed nearby development. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and vegetation.
     Sokolova Eleonora Eugen'evna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Street 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 4/18/95. Interviewed on 4/17/95 was Evselevskyy Lev Isaakovich [Phone: (071) 35547]. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.