KOZELETS

KOZELETS I:     US Commission No. UA24130101
Alternate names: Mushkev (Yiddish), Myszkov Nowy (German), Kozeles (Russian), Kozelec (Ukraine) and Kozilec (Hebrew). Kozelets is located in Chernigovskaya at 50º55 31º7, 70 km from Kiev, 78 km from Chernigov and 69 km from Bobrovitsa. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
See Kozelets II for town information.
     The earliest known Jewish community was end 18 [sic]. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 748. The last known Hasidic burial was 1979. A village (10 km away) used this unlandmarked cemetery. Separate but near other cemeteries, the suburban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken fence with no gate surrounds site. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. Stones date from 19th to 20th century. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, other metallic elements, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the site used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are agricultural, residential and city cemetery. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of city cemetery. Occasionally, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. Now, occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing and stones. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Serious threat: pollution. Moderate threat: weather erosion. Slight threat: existing nearby development.
     Sokolova Eleonora Evgenievna of 253152, Kiev, Tychini Prospect 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited site and completed survey on 7/21/94. Interviewed on 7/21/94 were Proshina Anna Mihaylovna of Danevich Street 2 [Phone: (04646) 41248] and Sorochenko Aleksandra Fedoseevna of Lenina str.13 [Phone: (04646) 22081]. Other documentation exists but was too general.
KOZELETS II:     US Commission No. UA24130501
The mass grave is located at southeast.

• Officials: Local Jewish residents.
  
• Others: Titenko Vasiliy Panteleevich, Komsomolskaya Street, 36, no tel. Chernigov State Archive - Frunze Street, 2 [Phone: (04622) 72825] Chernigov [Phone: (04622) 73167].
  

     The earliest known Jewish community was end 18 [sic]. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 748. Effecting the Jewish Community were 22 Oct. 1905 pogrom, 1907 pogroms and 1941 Holocaust. Living here were Tsadakkim Goldberg Mendel Wolfovich (d. 1952,) Tsadakkim Shneerson Eyba, (d. 1944) and Tsadakkim Pevnik Samuil Moiseevich (d. 1970s). The unlandmarked, Hasidic mass grave was dug in 1941.No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with non-locking gate surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and no stones removed, date from 1974. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. Frequently, organized individual tours, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents visit. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Now, occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at the mass grave is a seasonal problem. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vandalism, and existing nearby development and proposed nearby development.
     Sokolova Eleonora Evgeniyevna of 253152, Kiev, Tychiny Prospect 5, Apt. 68 [Phone: (044) 5505681] visited and completed survey on 25/11/1994. Interviewed on 25/11/1994 were Reliz Petr Ivanovich of Kirova Street, 3 [Phone: (04646) 42280], Proschina Anna Mikhaylovna of Danevicha Street 2 [Phone: (04646) 41248], and Palchik Leonid Stepanovich [Phone: (04646) 41625]. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.