This report on the Jewish burial grounds of Kyiv Region, or Oblast, is one of the results of a number of education and research projects undertaken by the Lo Tishkach Foundation in the spring and summer of 2009. It catalogues 52 Jewish cemeteries and 29 Holocaust-era mass graves.
The Lo Tishkach Foundation bids a fond farewell to Katy Nicholson who is leaving us to join the Migration Policy Group, a Brussels-based NGO working closely with the European Commission. Katy joined Lo Tishkach in 2006 in the earliest days of the organisation and has been a key element in building up the organisation to what it is today.
Spain: Mediaeval cemetery to re-open – Germany: Town commemorates deportees, memorial plaques vandalised, research project completed, cemetery to be restored – United Kingdom: Illegal dumping at Jewish cemetery – Russia: New Jewish cemetery in Moscow – Romania: Holocaust memorial unveiled.
There is no sign identifying Kretinga Jewish cemetery, which is open at all times. The cemetery area is partially demarcated by a stone wall. There is a large iron gate featuring a Star of David and set in two heavy concrete posts marking the entrance to the cemetery, but this stands alone and is not joined to the cemetery wall.
Recent village-by-village research on Jewish burial grounds in preparation for Lo Tishkach surveys in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, has resulted in a greatly increased list of Jewish cemeteries in the region, bringing the number up to 260 burial grounds.
