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Novovorontsovka Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Ukraine
Region
Kherson
District
Novovorontsov
Settlement
Novovorontsovka
Site address
The cemetery is located on Urengoyskaya street.
GPS coordinates
47.49134, 33.93092
Perimeter length
Perimeter is not definded
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
Private houses built on the alleged territory of the cemetery are fenced off.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery was demolished and overbuilt with private houses.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

None of the locals had heard of the Jewish cemetery, but the locals also said that once the village was larger and the river was much smaller. According to them, the river flooded several villages and half of Novovorontsovka (this happened around 1950-1953), it is likely that the cemetery was on the flooded part of the village.

Vysokopillya (Ukr. Високопілля, Rus. Высокополье, until 1915 Kronau, Ukr., Rus. Кронау) was founded as a Lutheran German agricultural colony in 1869. Jews probably joined the colony in the 1870’s. There were 139 Jews (19% of the total population) in the colony in 1897. According to the 2001 census, a few Jews (<10) lived in Vysokopillya and the neighbouring areas.

According to the 1994–95 survey of the Jewish Preservation Committee (KSEN), there were Jewish burials (possibly a Jewish section) in the German cemetery. Only a small part of the cemetery survives today, with no Jewish graves. It is not known whether the Jews had another cemetery of their own.

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