MAJDAN

MAJDAN:     US Commission No. UA06200101
Majdan is located in Zakarpatskaya at 48º36 23º29, 162 km from Mukachevo and 146 km from Lvov. The cemetery is located at village center. Present town population is 1,000 - 5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Major Popovich Vladimir Ivanovich (03146) 92597 [Phone: (03146) 92523].
-- Regional: Mezhgorye Regional Dept. of Culture, Chairman Golodnyak Vladimir Petrovich. Zakarpatsky Oblast Executive Council, Chairman Ustich Sergey Ivanovich [Phone: (03122) 33051]. Zakarpatsky Oblast Administration of Culture, Chairman Gavorets V.S. [Phone: (03122) 35373]. Mazhgorsky Region Executive Council, Fedutsya Anton Yur'yevich [Phone: (03146) 91330].
The earliest known Jewish community was the 19th century. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 110. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1918 Zakarpat'ye was transferred to Czech and 1944 deportation of Jews to death camp. The last known Hasidic burial was 1942. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban wooded hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by kitchen gardens, access is open to all. A broken fence with no gate surrounds. 21 to 100 common tombstones, most in original location with more than 75% stones toppled or broken, date from 19th century. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections or known mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural and forest. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Local residents visit rarely. The cemetery, vandalized during World War II, has no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem disturbing both graves and stones. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access (Free access to the site.) and vegetation (Roots of vegetation destroy the tombstones and graves). Moderate threat: weather erosion and vandalism. Slight threat: pollution, existing and proposed nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site on /07/1995. Oks completed survey on 18/08/1995. Interviewed was Golovan Ivan of Staryy Maydan on /07/1995. Documentation: Short Jewish Encyclopaedia . Book 2, Jerusalem 1982. Encyclopaedia Ukraineznavstvo . Book 2, 4 1993-1994. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.