This report on the Jewish burial grounds of Odesa 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 40 Jewish cemeteries and 36 Holocaust-era mass graves.
Recent surveys in Ukraine’s central Cherkasy Oblast show that many of the region’s Jewish cemeteries and mass grave sites are in an alarming state, as they lack proper identification, demarcation and delineation. Some sites are also at risk from incompatible nearby development.
Building on the success of our youth projects in Ukraine in 2008-9, Lo Tishkach is expanding its activities to involve many more hundreds of students and young people in 2009-10 in the Baltic States while consolidating our presence across Ukraine.
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This cemetery is located north of Kapciamiestis and was established in the mid 18th century. The last known burial took place in 1935. The site is neither fenced nor demarcated. A stone with an inscription in Yiddish and Lithuanian marks the cemetery’s entrance. Littering and vegetation overgrowth are a problem at the site
