KAMENKA DNEPROVSKAJA

KAMENKA DNEPROVSKAJA I:     US Commission No. UA07080101
     Kamenka Dneprovskaja is located in Zaporozhskaya at 47º34 34º24, 129 km from Zaporoje and 107 km from Dnepropetrovsk. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
     1939 Jewish population (census) was 81. The last known Hasidic burial was 1985. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1944. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for "other." Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries is larger now than 1939. The cemetery is visited frequently by local residents. This cemetery has not been vandalized. Local non-Jewish residents cleared vegetation. Now, individuals clean or clear occasionally. 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.
     Shevelev Mark Petrovich of 330000, Zaporoje, Tsentralniy Bulvar 25, apt. 54 [Phone: (0612) 396982] visited site and completed survey on 11/16/94. Interviewed were Borisenko Kceniya Markovna of Kamenka Dnestrovskaja, Naberezhnaya str., and Klyuev Anatoliy Zaharovich of Kamenka Dnestrovskaja, Naberezhnaya Streeton 11/16/94, Sedov Ivan Iosipovich of Kamenka Dnestrovskaja, Z. Kosmedemyanskoy per. on 11/16/94.
KAMENKA DNEPROVSKAJA II:     US Commission No. UA07080102
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1900-1925. 1939 Hasidic population (census) was 81. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat lby water has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road and per. Cheluskintsev, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. No stones are visible. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The cemetery property now is agriculture (crops or animal grazing) and waste dump. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of "other." Rarely, local residents visit the cemetery. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves.
     Shevelev Mark Petrovich of 330000, Zaporoje, Tsentralniy Bulvar 25, apt. 54 [Phone: (0612) 396982] visited site and completed survey on 11/16/94. Interviewed on 11/16/94. were Konovalova Mariya Vasilievna of Kamenka Dneprovskaja, Chelyuskintsev per., Sedov Ivan Iosipovich of Kamenka Dneprovskaja, Chelyuskintsev per. and Pechernina Elena Fillipovna of Kamenka Dneprovskaja, Chelyuskintsev per.