Ukraine Trip Post #10--Day 8 (September 8, 2016), Part 1

(To see everything from my Ukraine trip, see here.)

Mikhael picked us up again the next morning.  Once we heard we were heading to Dulovo (formerly Dulfalva), he said he had a friend in that town, just had he had in Kryva the previous day.  We drove up into the mountains and picked up Mikhael's friend who directed us to the Jewish cemetery.  There was a man in the cemetery with a chainsaw and axe clearing it; he told us that a man named Israelovitch from Kiev had approached the town mayor about cleaning it up, and this man was hired.

Dulovo's Jewish Cemetery

There were several stumps of stones, and 3 legible ones, none of which looked too stable.  I photographed all of them.

Toppling stones

The man who was working on cleaning things up said that the nearby Krychovo cemetery was also just cleaned up, so we headed in that direction.  (Also, my Joszovics/Joshowitz family lived there at one point.)

Welcome to Krychovo!

Krychovo (formerly Kricsfalva) is a beautiful town with lots of older (and many newer) homes. It was larger than the other villages we had gone to in the region.

At the entrance to Krychovo

We were directed in many different directions trying to find the supposedly cleaned up Jewish cemetery.

Driving through Krychovo

We finally found the cemetery which was fenced in.  Although it looked like it had been cleaned up (at least in comparison to some of the other cemeteries we'd already visited), weeds were regrowing.

Krychovo's Jewish Cemetery

Most of the stones there were mostly worn away by weather, although a few were somewhat legible.

In Krychovo's Jewish Cemetery

We talked to a woman who said that the cemetery used to be covered with trash, but some men came and asked the mayor to clean it up. The locals then would periodically mow it, but with the new fence it is more difficult.

We attracted locals everywhere--this is in Krychovo outside the Jewish cemetery

One of them women said that several journalists, including one who is from America, had come through the town to write an article about the Jewish cemetery.

We then headed back to Dulovo.  I knew exactly where my great-great-great-great grandfather Dovid Rutner's land was, thanks to an 1865 cadastral map. And using that map and Google Maps on my phone, I was able to find the exact location where he lived.

House on Dovid Rutner's Land

There was a house on the land that looked very old.  It may have been Dovid Rutner's house.  Or it may not have been.

Here's where we were geographically in this post:

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