Cemeteries
KHODORKOV I: 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@e-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) 54Z59] 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. UA05 360501
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 Z0 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.
There is mention of a Khodorkov cemetery (not to mention information about Jewish heritage in Ukraine in general) in Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues, and Mass Graves in Ukraine published by The United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.
Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues, and Mass Grave Sites in Ukraine United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad - 2005
* From the International Jewish Cemetery Project, part of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies