Vilsk Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Zhytomyr
District
Chernyakhiv
Settlement
Vil`sk
Site address
The cemetery is located between No’s. 36 & 38 Zhytomyrs’ka street.
GPS coordinates
50.38018, 28.52136
Perimeter length
428 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
The cemetery is a plowed up field. Partly built over with residental house. A worker from the local administration had never heard about a Jewish cemetery in Vil’sk. She also said that no one had been living in No.36 or 38 Zhytomyrs’ka street for a long time and newcomers now live in the neighbouring houses to the indicated territory.
The indicated territory looks to be a simple field. No signs of Jewish cemetery have been left.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
State
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
According to the Commission on the Preservation of Jewish Heritage, the cemetery was demolished in the 1920s, a residential building was built on the territory, and part of it was ploughed. It is not marked on maps.
Vil’sk (Ukr. Вільськ, Rus. Вильск, Yid. ווילבק) was the home of a Jewish agricultural colony in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Very little is known about the colony or the cemetery. According to the 1994–95 survey of the Jewish Preservation Committee (KSEN), the cemetery was demolished in the 1920s, later the land was plowed and a house was built after WWII.
