LISETS: US Commission No. UA08140101
Alternate name: Lisitz, Lysets (German), Lysiec, Lysiec Stary (Hungarian) and Lisets (Ukraine). Lisets is located in Ivano-Frankovskaya. The cemetery is located at NW part of town, Matrosova Street. The town is location at 48º52 24º36, 120 km from Chernovtsy. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
- Town officials: Village Executive Council -Osipov Andrey Ivanovich [Phone 41153].
- Regional: Regional State Administration Chairman Brus Vasiliy Fomich [Phone (03471) 21212]. Oblast State Administration, Skripnichuk Vasiliy Mikhaylovich [Phone (03422) 25280].
- Jewish Community - Kolesnik Victor Pavlovich [Phone (03422)34894].
- Others: Main architect of Bogorodchasnskiy region, Glushkevich Roman Iosifovich.
The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1939 Jewish population was 275. In 1867, the Jews received all rights of Austro-Hungary. Matentiyagu ben Arabeynts, from of Bushtyrskie rabbis dynasty, lived here. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 18th century with last known Hasidic burial 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 to all. A broken fence with no gate surrounds the cemetery. There is an ohel. 101 to 500 common tombstones, most in original location between 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from 18th to 20th century. The cemetery contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns the property now used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development and agriculture. Occasionally, private visitors (Jewish or non-Jewish) and local residents stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Moderate threat: vandalism and existing nearby development. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and proposed nearby development.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 37a, Apt. 23 [Phone (044) 2769505] visited site and completed form on 30/05/1996. Kolesnik V.P. [Phone (03422) 23029] was interviewed on 30/05/1996. Documentation:
Jewish Encyclopaedia; Wasiutynski B, Ludnosc
Zydowska W Polske w wiekach XIX i XX, Warsava, 1930.
