Alternate names: Kalush-Калуш [Rus, Ukr], Kałusz [Pol], Kalish-קאַלוש [Yid], Kalusch [Ger], Kałusz Nowy, Kalus. 49°01' N, 24°22' E, 17 miles WNW of Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanisławów). 1900 Jewish population: 4,363. Yizkor: Kalusz; hayeha ve-hurbana shel ha-kehila (Tel Aviv, 1980). ShtetLink. [September 2009]
Jewish Community of Kalush
Karakaya str. 3-2
Kalush, Ukraine
Tel.: (380 3472) 2-76-55
Jewish Community information. [September 2009]
KALUSH: US Commission No. UA08060101
Alternate names: Kalish (German), Kalusz (Hungarian), Kalusz Nowy (Czech) and Kalush (Russian). Kalush is located in Ivano-Frankovskaya at 49º1 24º22, 101 km from Lvov and 28 km from Ivano-Frankovsk. The cemetery is located at av. Lesi Ukrainki, near 9-store #12. Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with 11-100 Jews.
- Town officials: Town Executive Council - Chairman -Sushko Roman Vasilyevich [Phone: (03472) 24109].
- Regional officials: Regional State Administration of Chairman-Davidyuk Nikolay Fedorovich [Phone: (03472) 22187]. Oblast State Administration of Chairman -Skripnichuk Vasiliy Mikhaylovich [Phone: (03422) 25280].
- Oblast Jewish Community - Chairman Kolesnik Victor Pavlovich [Phone: (03422) 34894].
- Key holder: Closed, the keys are in the Town Executive Council.
- Others: Main architect of Kalush of Makogon Petr Stepanovich [Phone: (03472) 34195].
The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 3277. In 1867, the Jews received Austro-Hungary civil rights. The last known Hasidic burial was 1940. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A broken fence with locking gate surrounds cemetery. 101 to 500 common tombstones, most in original location with between 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours and Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities did re-erection of stones and fixed wall and gate in 1995. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Moderate threat: vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, vegetation and existing nearby development.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 37a, Apt. 23 [Phone: (044) 2769505] visited site on 3/6/95. Interviewed were Makogon P.S. of Kalush [Phone: (03472) 34195] on 3/6/96. He completed survey on 05/08/1996. Documentation: The main plan of town; Jewish Encyclopedia.
UPDATE: We would never have found this cemetery without someone showing us the way. Surrounded by high-rise appartment buildings, the cemetery was in the process of restoration. The Kalusher Society in Israel, which published the Yizkor book, was paying for a metal fence around the cemetery and the erection of a monument at the Einsatzgruppe C shooting massacre site. There is also a mass grave but we did not have time to search for it. Source: Sophie Caplan of Sydney, Australia. [date?]