NEVETLEFALEE (DYAKOVO)

NEVETLEFALEE (DYAKOVO):     US Commission No. UA06320101
Alternate name: Nevetlen (Yiddish) and Nevetlega (Hungarian). Nevetlefalee (Dyakovo) is located in Zakarpatskaya at 48º1 23º_, 57 km from Mukachevo, 21 km from Vinogradovo and 214 km from Lvov. The cemetery is located at village center. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Major-Matiyevsky Ivan [Phone: (03143)46730].
-- Regional:: Vinogradovsky Regional Dept. of Culture Chairman-Goliba Ivan Andreevich [Phone: (03143)22774]. Zakarpatsky Oblast Executive Council Chairman Ustich Sergyey Ivanovich [Phone: (03122)33051]. Zakarpatsky Oblast Administration of Culture Chairman Gavorets Vasiliy Stepanovich [Phone: (03122)35373].
-- Caretaker with key: Borchik Yanush, opposite the cemetery.
-- Jewish Community of Vinogradov, Chairman Rozner Nikolay I. [Phone: (03143)23446].
     The earliest known Jewish community was 19th century. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 180. Effecting Jewish Community were 1918 Zakarpat'ye transfer to Czech and 1944 Jewish deportations to death camp. The Hasidic cemetery was established in the 19th century with last known Jewish burial 1943. 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 continuous fence with gate that locks surrounds. 21 to 100 stones, most in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. The cemetery has only common tombstones. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery and other. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, organized individual tours and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Jewish individuals abroad cleaned stones, cleared vegetation, fixed wall and fixed gate in 1988. Jewish survivors pay the regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17d, apt. 52 [Phone: (0482)665950] visited site on /07/1995. Interviewed was Rozner N.I. of Vinogradov on /07/1995. Oks completed survey on 05/08/1995. Documentation: Short Jewish Encyclopaedia, volume 2, Jerusalem 1982; Encyclopaedia Ukraineznavstvo, volume 1-2, 1993.