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LISYATYCHY: used the cemetery at Golobutov

LISYATYCHY:     US Commission No. UA13320101
Alternative names: German: Lisatitsch; Polish: Lysiatycze. The cemetery is SW of village, near the road that leads to the Striy, on right. It is located in Lvovskaya Oblast at 49º20 23º57, 15 km from Striy. Present town population is 1000-5000 with no Jews.

  • Town officials: Village Soviet Chairman: Rinilo Ivan Dmitrievich [ph.52111) at 40-Years of Victory Square]
  • Regional officials: Lvov Regional State Administration [address: Lvov, Vinnichenko St., 18, reception room, tel.: 722947, 728093]. Lvov Central State Historical Archive (CSHA), Lvov Sobornaya St., 3a; tel.: 723508.
  • Lvov Jewish Community [address: Lvov, Mikhnovskih St., 4, tel.: 330524, Rabbi Mordekhai Shlome Bold]

     The unlocked cemetery has no caretaker. The earliest mention of Jewish community is 18th century. 1935 Jewish population (census) was 80. The unlandmarked cemetery originated in the 19th century with last known Orthodox Jewish burial before June 1941. The isolated rural (agricultural) plain has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a road, access is open to all. No walls, fence, or gate surrounds the cemetery. The approximate size of the cemetery prior the World War II was 0,12 hectares. No gravestones are visible. More than 75% of stones are broken. Location of any stones that have been removed is unknown. The cemetery has no mass graves. Municipality owns property used only as Jewish cemetery. The cemetery borders agricultural area. The cemetery is same size as before WWII. Soviets demolished all gravestones. Rarely do local citizens visit. The cemetery was vandalized during the World War II. No restoration or caretaker or structures. Serious threat: vandalism. Moderate threat: erosion, pollution, and incompatible development. Slight threat: safety, vegetation overgrowing, and incompatible planned development.
          Iosif Gelston, Lvov, 290049, PO Box 10569, tel./fax: (0322) 227490 completed survey on 07.11.1998. Gelston visited the site for this survey in 28.10.1998. Documentation: CSHA, F.186, inv. 12, 315 points of safe, 10 sheets; Slownik Geog. Krol. Polskiego, B.5, page 308, Warszawa, 1884 (in Polish); Catechism of Lvov archdiocese of Greek-Catholic Church, page 289 (in Polish). Interviews: Old residents of village refused give their name for survey. Additional comment: A cross near the road that leads from Lisyatychy village to Striy is an important orienting point. Behind this cross is the Jewish cemetery.