KHODORKOV I: US Commission No. UA05360101
Alternate names: Chodorkow (German), Hodorkov (Polish), Hodorkov (Hungarian), Chodorkov (English), Chodorkov (Ukraine. Khodorkov is located in Zhitomirskaya at 50º6 29º18, 22 km from Popelnya, 70 km from Zhitomir and 94 km from Kiev. The cemetery is located at west part of village. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Council - Stepanchenko Petr Vasilyevich [Phone: (071) 79235].
-- Regional officials: Regional Department of Culture - Popelnya, Lenina Street, 7 [Phone: (041372)5942]. -- Others: Polischuk Grigoriy Shikovich - Korostishev, Zhitomirskaya Oblast.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1765. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 453. Effecting the Jewish Community was 1918-1920 pogroms and 1941 Holocaust. Writer Oyslender Nohum (1893) lived here. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 18th century. The last known Hasidic burial was 1965. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by "other," access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 21 to 100 stones, about half in original location and between 50%-75% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1870. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit the cemetery. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. 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. Serious threat: vandalism. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion and proposed nearby development.
Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: (04141) 54259] visited site and completed survey on 1/5/95. Interviewed on 1/5/95 were Gayevskaya Mariya Zinkovna of Mestechkovaya Street, 68 and Stepanchenko Petr Vasilyevich of Hodorkov.
KHODORKOV II: US Commission No. UA05360501
The mass grave is located at "Vidrodzhenya", 7 km to southeast from village. The unlandmarked, Hasidic mass grave was dug in 1941.No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated, rural (agricultural), flat lby water has no sign or marker. Reached by collective farm garden, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and no stones removed, date from ?. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. The mass grave is visited rarely by local residents. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion and pollution.
Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: (04141) 54259] visited site and completed survey on 1/5/95. Interviewed was Stepanchenko Petr Vasilyevich of Khodorkov on 1/5/95. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
[UPDATE] Photos by Charles Burns [March 2016]