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TOMASHPOL I:     US Commission No. UA01030102
Tomashpol is located in Vinnitskaya at 48º32 28º31, 35 km from Tulchin and 82 km from Vinnitsa. The cemetery is located on hill at N outskirts of town. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 101-1,000 Jews.
  • Town officials: Vitali Semenovich Kovalchuk - Tomashpol Town Council [Phone: (04348)21205]. Tomashpolskiy Regional Council Chairman [Phone: (04348) 21205].
  • Regional: Vinnitskiy Oblast Council - Melnick Nikola Evtuhovich [Phone: (0432) 327540]. Vinnitski Oblast Cultural Society - Ilchyk Nikola Nikolaevich [Phone: (0432) 325637].
  • Vinnitski Oblast Jewish Community - Hybenko Bella Aronova [Phone: (0432) 351666].
The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 3252. Effecting the Jewish community were Chmelnitsky Pogroms 1648-9, Pogroms 1919-20, shooting of 350 Jews on August 4, 1941 and 1941-44 Ghetto. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1928 with last known Hasidic burial 1994. Vapnyarka (5 km away) and Gorshnevoye (5 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated, suburban, agricultural hillside and crown of a hill between fields and woods has no sign, but has Jewish symbols on gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous masonry wall, a continuous fence, and non-locking gate surround the cemetery. 501 to 5000 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1928. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has special sections for men and women. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, metallic elements, portraits on stones and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site now used for Jewish cemetery use only. Adjacent properties are agricultural and forest. The cemetery boundaries are larger now than 1939. Frequently, organized individual tours and Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and occasionally in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country and abroad cleaned stones, cleared vegetation, fixed wall and fixed gate in 1945-1948. Jewish survivors, municipality, and visitors' contributions pay the regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery are two watchmen's huts. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion and pollution.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site on 5/7/94. Interviewed were Tomashpol's Jews. Oks completed survey on 05/07/1994. Documentation: City Populations of the Russian Empire, Podol region, 1864; Population of Towns of the Podol Region, Krilov, 1905; Historical Monuments in Podol-Kamanets Region Gulman 1901; National Minorities in Ukraine, Register, 1925.
TOMASHPOL II:     US Commission No. UA01030101
The cemetery is outside the village on the right side of the hill. The Jewish cemetery was established in beginning [sic] with last known Hasidic burial 1920's. Vapnyarka (5 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural hillside has signs in other languages. Reached by turning directly off public road and private road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. 501 to 5000 common tombstones, most in original location with more than 75% toppled or broken, Stones date from 20th century. The cemetery has special sections for men and women. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns site now used for Jewish cemetery, agricultural use (crops or animal grazing) and waste dumping. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development and agriculture. Local residents visit rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and frequently in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing both graves and stones. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. The entrance is open and the remaining stones are being stolen. There is practically not one undamaged gravestone. The neighbours encroach on the area of the cemetery for their gardens. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation (30% is overgrown with grass and weeds.), vandalism and existing nearby development. Moderate threat: weather erosion and pollution. Slight threat: proposed nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site on 5/7/94. Interviewed were Jews in Tomashpol. Oks completed survey on 05/07/1994. Documentation: City Populations of the Russian Empire, Podolsky Gub, 1864; Population of Towns of the Podol Region, Kralov, 1905; Historic Monuments in Podol-Kamanets Region, Gulman, 1901; National Minorities in Ukraine, Register, 1925.
 
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