Lo Tishkach has published its latest report into the state of the Jewish cemeteries and Holocaust-era mass graves in the central Ukrainian region of Cherkasy. The report outlines the current situation of the location of 44 Jewish cemeteries and 50 mass grave sites. Most of the cemetery sites have been given a red rating – meaning that they contain neither adequate identification on site, fencing or delineation nor appropriate maintenance. The report is the third to be published of Ukraine’s oblasts by Lo Tishkach and follows extensive surveys, local interviews and additional research undertaken by local students over the spring and summer of 2010.
Additional reports into the Chernihiv, Dniepropetrovsk and Zakarpatia regions of Ukraine will be published in the coming months alongside similar reports on Jewish burial grounds in Latvia and Lithuania. In total, more than 800 sites were surveyed this year.
As a result of the Cherkasy report, memorialisation projects have already been launched at three mass grave sites in the region. It is our intention that other restoration and memorialisation projects at cemetery and mass grave sites in Cherkasy will be undertaken in the coming months.
Please contact us if you would like to obtain a copy of the report.
