ZHABOKRICHI

ZHABOKRICHI I:     US Commission No. UA01020101 Alternate name: Schabokritsch (Hungarian) and Zhabokritch (Ukraine). Zhabokrichi is located in Vinnitskaya at 48º23 28º59, 8 km from Krijopol, 135 km from Vinnitsa and 275 km from Odessa. The cemetery is located at N outskirts of city. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews. Town officials: Executive Committee Town Council-Podolyan Nikola Nikolavich [Phone: (0434) 21463]. Regional: Vinnitski Oblast Culture Chairman-Ilchyk Nikola Nikolaevich [Phone: (0432) 325631]. Krizhopolskii Jewish Community-Yakov Rabin [Phone: -434]. Vinnitsky Jewish Community-Hubenko Bella Aronovna [Phone: (0432) 351666]. The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 500. Effecting the Jewish Community were Pogroms in 1918-20, mass shooting, July 25, 1941 and Ghetto, 1941-44. The Jewish cemetery was established in middle with last known Hasidic burial 1993. Krizhopol till 1932 (8 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural hillside 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 cemetery. 101 to 500 stones, most in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. Locations of any removed stones are unknown. The cemetery has special sections for men and women. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces and/or metallic elements. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery and agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural, residential and flooded woodland. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, 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 patched broken stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing both graves and stones. Water drainage at the cemetery is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access (Entrance to cemetery open to all with cattle grazing.) Serious threat: vegetation (Heavy overgrowth covers gravestones and entrance). Moderate threat: weather erosion, pollution and vandalism. Slight threat: existing nearby development. Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17D, apt. 52 [Phone: (0482)665950] visited site and co pleted survey on 7/4/94. Interviewed were members of the Jewish community of Krijopo. Documentation: City Populations of the Russian Empire, Podol region, 1864; Population of Towns of the Podol Region, Krilov, 1905; Historic Monuments in Podol-Kamanets Region, Gulman 1901; National Minorities in Ukraine, Register, 1925. Other documentation was inaccessible. ZHABOKRICHI II:     US Commission No. UA01020501 The mass grave is located at Center. 1920 Community organization was destroyed on 25 July 1941. The Jewish mass grave was dug 25 July 1941. Jews from no other towns or villages were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated urban flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by town street, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. Locations of any removed stones are unknown. The mass grave has only common tombstones from 1946. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns property used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are residential. Occasionally, local residents visit. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II and frequently in the last ten years. Occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution, vegetation, vandalism and existing nearby development. Slight threat: weather erosion and proposed nearby development. Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Ukraine, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17D, apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 65950] visited in 07/1994 and 12/1991. Interviewed was Zakrevskiy A.N. in 07/1995. Oks completed survey on 07/03/1995. Documentation: Odessa Oblast State Fond P-2255, on. 1, D-1157, 1189, 1309, 1359, 1360. Other documentation was inaccessible.