Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast: Identified Jewish Cemeteries

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Introduction

This page presents a sortable table which lists all known Jewish burial sites in the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast of western Ukraine with GPS coordinates and links to information sources, some of which provide descriptions, photographs, histories, and/or other data. At the bottom of this page, we also include an interactive map showing the known burial sites in this and other oblasts of western Ukraine. Although we have attempted to include every Jewish cemetery and mass grave in the oblast, it is likely that some omissions or other errors exist in the table; we welcome input to correct and complete the listing.

This page is one of a series covering several different oblasts of western Ukraine with a common purpose and strategy.

Read the overview to this study.

Historical Background

In modern Ukraine, the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast lies in southwestern Ukraine, sharing long borders with the other four oblasts of our original study (Lviv, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, and Zakarpattia) and a short border with Romania. It is one of the smallest oblasts of Ukraine by area, but medium-sized by population, and is divided into 14 raions (districts) and 6 cities of district significance. Both the borders and the name of the region have changed over time, sometimes significantly: as a part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the oblast was known as Stanislav until 1962; in WWII it was part of Distrikt Galizien under German occupation; under Polish rule in the interwar period it was called the Stanisławów voivodeship. The region was part of the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Galicia from the late 18th century to WWI. Regardless of the governing powers, the area forms a core part of the historic regions of eastern Halychyna and Prykarpattia.

Demographically, until the post-war period the region had always been diverse. In the 1921 Polish census, of the roughly 1.35 million residents of the voivodeship, about 941 thousand identified themselves as ethnically Ukrainian (rusińską in the census) and almost 1 million as Greek Catholic; 300 thousand self-identified as Polish, and just under 200 thousand as Roman Catholic; 92 thousand self-identified ethnically as Jewish, and 145 thousand as religiously Jewish; the remainder of the residents called themselves religiously Evangelical Christian (10 thousand), with many different ethnic groups but totaling fewer than 2000 people. Thus, many religious Jews considered themselves Polish. Overall, Jews as a religious group before WWII made up almost 11% of the area’s population, which was also typical for eastern Galicia in earlier years.

Jewish Burial Grounds: Cemeteries and Wartime Mass Graves

In the table below, identified Jewish cemeteries and mass graves are listed by name, raion (district), and type of site. All place names are listed by the current convention of English transliteration of official Ukrainian names. Where possible for each burial site, GPS coordinates (technically, coordinates which conform to the standard known as the World Geodetic System) are listed and linked to a digital map. If the listed GPS coordinates include an asterisk (*) and no map link, this means that the coordinates are only approximate, and that we and our sources did not have confirmed and precise information to confidently locate the site; although the general location is known, additional verification is needed. Then, where available, links to web data from several sources are tabulated; each of the sources provides different but overlapping data types, both descriptive and numerical. Integrating and reconciling data from different sources is often difficult due to varying standards in place names and descriptions, and we recognize that some locations may not have been identified here from our sources and our own research; we welcome input and comments on omissions and errors.

The major sources are named briefly here; these and other sources are described more fully on the overview page.

ESJF = ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative
IAJGS = IAJGS International Jewish Cemetery Project
YIU = Yahad – In Unum
LT = Lo Tishkach European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative

The table below is interactive. The number of visible rows on the page can be selected from 10, 25, 50, or 100, in a selector at the upper left. The table can be searched for specific town or raion names, in a box at the upper right. Place names can be sorted A-Z or Z-A, for example to list burial sites by town name or raion.

Town/Village	Raion/City	Burial Site	GPS	ESJF	IAJGS	YIU	LT	Other
Bila Richka	Verkhovyna	Mass Grave	47.982 24.913*			YIU
Bilshivtsi	Halych	Cemetery	49.18568 24.73462	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ CJA VW
Bilshivtsi	Halych	Mass Grave - Cemetery	49.18553 24.73463					✓ VW
Bohorodchany	Bohorodchany	Cemetery	48.81311 24.53937	ESJF	IAJGS			✓ GG CJA VW
Bohorodchany	Bohorodchany	Mass Grave	48.813 24.539*			YIU
Bolekhiv	Bolekhiv	Cemetery	49.05736 23.85710	ESJF				✓ JGB GG CJA VW
Bolekhiv	Bolekhiv	Mass Grave - Cemetery	49.05724 23.85608			YIU		✓
Bolekhiv	Bolekhiv	Mass Grave - Center	49.070 23.856*			YIU	LT
Bolekhiv	Bolekhiv	Mass Grave - Northwest	49.08599 23.82695			YIU		✓
Bolekhiv	Bolekhiv	Mass Grave - Southwest	49.054 23.844*			YIU
Broshniv-Osada	Rozhniativ	Mass Grave	48.997 24.183*			YIU	LT	✓ CJA
Bukachivtsi	Rohatyn	Cemetery	49.25214 24.50223		IAJGS		LT	✓ GG CJA
Bukachivtsi	Rohatyn	Mass Grave - East	49.250 24.491*			YIU
Bukachivtsi	Rohatyn	Mass Grave - West	49.250 24.482*			YIU
Burshtyn	Halych	Cemetery	49.26322 24.62780	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ JGB CJA VW
Chernelytsia	Horodenka	Cemetery - New	48.81361 25.41166	ESJF				✓ CJA VW
Chernelytsia	Horodenka	Cemetery - Old	48.81110 25.42563	ESJF				✓ VW
Chernelytsia	Horodenka	Mass Grave	48.804 25.431*			YIU
Chesnyky	Rohatyn	Mass Grave	49.38188 24.74222					✓ RR
Deliatyn	Nadvirna	Cemetery	48.53305 24.62557	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ CJA VW
Deliatyn	Nadvirna	Mass Grave	48.53886 24.64056		IAJGS	YIU	LT	✓ VW VY
Demianiv	Halych	Mass Grave	49.233 24.632*			YIU
Dolyna	Dolyna	Cemetery	48.96209 23.99481		IAJGS		LT	✓ CJA VW
Dolyna	Dolyna	Mass Grave	48.96225 23.99549			YIU		✓ CJA VY
Halych	Halych	Cemetery - Karaite	49.12934 24.71565	ESJF				✓ CJA VW
Halych	Halych	Cemetery - New	49.11258 24.72566	ESJF	IAJGS			✓ CJA
Halych	Halych	Cemetery - Old	49.12888 24.71555	ESJF				✓
Halych	Halych	Mass Grave	49.125 24.729*			YIU	LT
Horodenka	Horodenka	Cemetery - New	48.66780 25.51478	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ CJA
Horodenka	Horodenka	Cemetery - Old	48.66837 25.51382	ESJF				✓ CJA VW
Horodenka	Horodenka	Mass Grave	48.668 25.515*		IAJGS	YIU		CJA
Hvizdets	Kolomyia	Cemetery	48.57244 25.28419	ESJF				✓ VW
Hvizdets	Kolomyia	Mass Grave	48.573 25.284*					✓ RJH
Iltsi	Verkhovyna	Mass Grave	48.15877 24.76641			YIU		✓ CJA VY
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk	Cemetery - New	48.91630 24.68314	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ CJA VW
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk	Cemetery - Old	48.92011 24.72255	ESJF	IAJGS			✓ GG
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk	Mass Grave - Cemetery	48.917 24.683*		IAJGS	YIU	LT	✓
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk	Mass Grave - Center	48.919 24.722*			YIU
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ivano-Frankivsk	Mass Grave - Northwest	48.96125 24.63703			YIU		✓ GC
Kalush	Kalush	Cemetery	49.02828 24.35687	ESJF	IAJGS			✓ GG CJA VW CUH
Kalush	Kalush	Mass Grave	49.02866 24.35620			YIU	LT	✓ CJA
Khotymyr	Tlumach	Cemetery	48.76660 25.10778	ESJF				✓
Kniahynychi	Rohatyn	Cemetery	49.38260 24.45808	ESJF				✓ GG
Kolomyia	Kolomyia	Cemetery - New	48.53126 25.05949	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓
Kolomyia	Kolomyia	Cemetery - Old	48.53424 25.04246	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ GA GG VW
Kolomyia	Kolomyia	Cemetery - Oldest	48.52375 25.03799		IAJGS		LT	✓ GG
Kosiv	Kosiv	Cemetery	48.32169 25.09316	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ GA JGB CJA
Kosiv	Kosiv	Mass Grave - Cemetery	48.322 25.093*		IAJGS	YIU	LT	✓ CJA
Kosiv	Kosiv	Mass Grave - North	48.323 25.089*			YIU		VY
Kosiv	Kosiv	Mass Grave - Northwest	48.335 25.072*			YIU
Kulachkivtsi	Sniatyn	Cemetery	48.56184 25.28403	ESJF				✓
Kulachkivtsi	Sniatyn	Mass Grave	48.562 25.284*			YIU		✓
Kuty	Kosiv	Cemetery	48.25910 25.17301	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ GA JGB CJA VW
Kuty	Kosiv	Mass Grave	48.260 25.173*			YIU	LT
Lanchyn	Nadvirna	Cemetery	48.56478 24.77463	ESJF				✓ VW
Lanchyn	Nadvirna	Mass Grave	48.556 24.721*			YIU	LT
Loieva	Nadvirna	Mass Grave	48.58235 24.59087			YIU		✓ VY
Lysets	Tysmenytsia	Cemetery	48.87407 24.61270	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ JGB CJA VW
Lysets	Tysmenytsia	Mass Grave	48.874 24.613*		IAJGS
Mariiampil	Halych	Cemetery	49.03668 24.85813	ESJF			LT	✓
Mykhalche	Horodenka	Mass Grave	48.78662 25.56837			YIU	LT	VY
Mykulychyn	Yaremche	Cemetery	48.40271 24.60889	ESJF				✓ CJA VW
Mykulychyn	Yaremche	Mass Grave	48.41803 24.59714			YIU	LT	✓
Nadvirna	Nadvirna	Cemetery	48.63610 24.57698	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ JGB GG VW CJA
Nadvirna	Nadvirna	Mass Grave	48.62017 24.59534		IAJGS	YIU	LT	✓ CJA
Nezvysko	Horodenka	Mass Grave					LT
Nyzhniv	Tlumach	Cemetery	48.94515 25.09344	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓
Nyzhnia Lypytsia	Rohatyn	Mass Grave				YIU		RJH
Obertyn	Tlumach	Cemetery	48.69982 25.17366	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ GG
Obertyn	Tlumach	Mass Grave	48.700 25.174*			YIU		✓
Otyniia	Kolomyia	Cemetery	48.73090 24.86210	ESJF			LT	✓ CJA
Otyniia	Kolomyia	Mass Grave	48.731 24.862*			YIU	LT	✓
Pechenizhyn	Kolomyia	Cemetery	48.51031 24.88481	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ GA JGB CJA VW
Pechenizhyn	Kolomyia	Mass Grave	48.510 24.884*			YIU
Perehinske	Rozhniativ	Cemetery	48.82353 24.20290	ESJF				✓ CJA
Pistyn	Kosiv	Cemetery	48.36747 25.03227	ESJF				✓ CJA
Pistyn	Kosiv	Mass Grave	48.368 25.032*			YIU	LT
Potichok	Sniatyn	Mass Grave	48.480 25.566*			YIU
Putiatyntsi	Rohatyn	Cemetery - New	49.38350 24.63575					✓ RJH
Putiatyntsi	Rohatyn	Cemetery - Old	49.37034 24.65806					✓ RJH
Rohatyn	Rohatyn	Cemetery - New	49.41990 24.60780	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ RJH VW CJA VS
Rohatyn	Rohatyn	Cemetery - Old	49.40770 24.61590	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ RJH VW CJA VS GG
Rohatyn	Rohatyn	Mass Grave - North	49.41800 24.60800		IAJGS	YIU	LT	✓ RJH VW CJA VS
Rohatyn	Rohatyn	Mass Grave - South	49.40350 24.62760			YIU		✓ RJH VW CJA VS
Rozhniativ	Rozhniativ	Cemetery	48.94510 24.15352	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ JGB GG CJA VW
Sheparivtsi	Kolomyia	Mass Grave	48.55540 24.99054		IAJGS	YIU	LT	✓ CJA VY
Shevchenkove	Dolyna	Mass Grave - North	48.900 23.921*			YIU
Shevchenkove	Dolyna	Mass Grave - South	48.897 23.923*			YIU
Sivka-Kaluska	Kalush	Mass Grave	49.01493 24.30605			YIU	LT	✓ VY
Sniatyn	Sniatyn	Cemetery - New	48.45594 25.54895	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ CJA VW
Sniatyn	Sniatyn	Cemetery - Old	48.45441 25.55248	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓
Sniatyn	Sniatyn	Mass Grave	48.447 25.543*			YIU	LT
Solotvyn	Bohorodchany	Cemetery	48.70228 24.42742	ESJF			LT	✓ JGB GG CJA
Stratyn	Rohatyn	Cemetery	49.46439 24.70103	ESJF				✓
Tatariv	Yaremche	Cemetery	48.34167 24.57916	ESJF				✓ CJA
Tatariv	Yaremche	Mass Grave	48.34186 24.55101			YIU		✓ VY
Tenetnyky	Halych	Mass Grave	49.245 24.532*			YIU
Tlumach	Tlumach	Cemetery - New	48.87645 25.00732		IAJGS		LT	✓
Tlumach	Tlumach	Cemetery - Old	48.86880 25.00086	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓
Tlumach	Tlumach	Mass Grave	48.87655 25.00734		IAJGS	YIU	LT	✓ CJA
Troitsia	Sniatyn	Mass Grave					LT
Tysmenytsia	Tysmenytsia	Cemetery - New	48.90733 24.83592	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓
Tysmenytsia	Tysmenytsia	Cemetery - Old	48.90288 24.84359	ESJF				✓
Tysmenytsia	Tysmenytsia	Cemetery - Oldest	48.90397 24.84923	ESJF				✓
Tysmenytsia	Tysmenytsia	Mass Grave	48.90738 24.83595			YIU		✓
Verkhovyna	Verkhovyna	Cemetery	48.15447 24.78928	ESJF				✓ CJA
Voinyliv	Kalush	Cemetery	49.13110 24.48649	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓
Vorokhta	Yaremche	Mass Grave	48.265 24.586*			YIU	LT
Vyhivka	Halych	Mass Grave	49.256 24.570*			YIU
Vyshkiv	Dolyna	Mass Grave	48.725 23.654*			YIU
Vyshkiv	Dolyna	Mass Grave - Southwest				YIU
Yabluniv	Kosiv	Cemetery	48.40601 24.95274	ESJF			LT	✓ JGB CJA VW
Yabluniv	Kosiv	Mass Grave	48.40579 24.95323				LT	✓
Yablunytsia	Verkhovyna	Mass Grave	48.017 24.911*			YIU
Yablunytsia	Yaremche	Mass Grave	48.312 24.468*			YIU
Yaremche	Yaremche	Mass Grave					LT
Yezupil	Tysmenytsia	Cemetery	49.04410 24.79176	ESJF				✓
Yezupil	Tysmenytsia	Mass Grave	49.044 24.792*			YIU		✓
Zabolotiv	Sniatyn	Cemetery	48.46950 25.28868	ESJF	IAJGS		LT	✓ GA CJA
Zabolotiv	Sniatyn	Mass Grave - Southwest 1	48.455 25.270*		IAJGS	YIU	LT
Zabolotiv	Sniatyn	Mass Grave - Southwest 2	48.454 25.268*			YIU
Zhuriv	Rohatyn	Cemetery	49.30740 24.45897					✓ RJH GG

As noted above, we expect that this table may be incomplete and may contain errors. Contact information to submit additions and corrections for inclusion is listed at the bottom of the overview page.

Identified Jewish Burial Sites on the Map

The interactive map below locates and labels all of the identified Jewish burial sites from the table above, covering both cemeteries and mass graves in contrasting colors. Identified burial sites in other oblasts of western Ukraine are also shown, in different colors. Because there are hundreds of burial sites shown on the map, the pin set is very dense, and it helps to zoom the map to distinguish individual sites. Although all or nearly all cemeteries are displayed on the map, only the mass grave sites with precisely-defined locations are shown here; for many mass grave sites, only approximate or unverified locations are known, and research continues to better locate them for memorial purposes.

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