NOVOSELICE

NOVOSELICE:     US Commission No. UA25090502
Alternate name: Neresnitsa (Yiddish), Navaselicza (German), Neresnice (Hungarian), Neresniza (Slov), Novoselice (Polish), Novoseliza (English), Nyereshaza (Ukraine), Taracujfalu (Hebrew) and Taruj Falu (others). Novoselice is located in Chernovitskaya at 48º7 23º46, 16 km from Kyelmentsy and 157 km from Chernovtsy. The mass grave is located at N of village. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews. -- Town officials: Village Soviet Chairman Cheban Nikolay Petrrovich [Phone: (03732)29438].
-- Regional: Region Executive Committee Chairman Lutsishin Evgeniy Grigoryevich [Phone: (03732)21844].
Region Executive Committee in Chernovtsy Chairman Gasyuk Petr Petrovich [Phone: (03722)22640].
-- Jewish Community in Chernovtsy - Finkyel Yeugeniya Manusovna [Phone: (03722)24170]Jewish Foundation of Tau Yakov Adolfovich [Phone: (03722)21940].
-- Others: Olshevskaya Roza Mihailovna [Phone: (03722)22086] Gorobets Ivan Vasilyevich [Phone: (03722)29498].
     1939 Jewish population (census) was 356. The Jewish mass grave was dug in the 20th century. The last known Jewish burial was 1942. Jews from no other towns or villages were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The mass grave location is rural (agricultural), located on a hillside, isolated, has signs or plaques in Hebrew mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. No stones are visible or were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns mass burial property. Properties adjacent are forest. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Jewish individuals abroad cleared vegetation in 1994. Now, individuals clean or clear occasionally. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Water drainage at mass grave is a seasonal problem. Serious threat: vegetation. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion and pollution. Slight threat: vandalism.
     Hodorkovsky Yuriy Isaakovich of 252037, Ukraine, Kiev, Vozduhoflotsky 37a, 23 [Phone: (044)2769505] visited site on 3/10/95. Interviewed was Olshevskaya Roza Michailovna of Kelmentsy on 3/10/95. Hodorkovsky completed survey on 03/20/1995.