Alternate names: Melnitsa Podolskaya [Rus], Mel'nytsya-Podil's'ka, Мельниця-Подільська [Ukr], Mielnica [Pol], Mielnica Podolska, Melnitsa, Melnitse, Mielnice, Myelnitsa, Mel'nitsa-Podol'skaya, Melnycja Podilska. 48°37' N, 26°10' E, in SE Galicia, 14 miles SSE of Borshchev (Borszczów), 18 miles W of Kamyanets-Podilskyy, 24 miles NNE of Chernivtsi (Tschernowitz). [Not another Melnitsa, E of Kovel, in Volhynia.] Jewish population: 1,429 (in 1880), 1,411 (in 1921). MELNYTSYA PODILSKA (Mielnica Podolska, Mlyn Podolski) is a small town on the river, Dniester. Name literally means "Podolian Mill".
- Pinkas ha-kehilot; entsiklopediya shel ha-yishuvim le-min hivasdam ve-ad le-aher shoat milhemet ha-olam ha-sheniya: Poland vol. 2: Eastern Galicia
(Jerusalem, 1980) - Melnitsah: in Memory of the Jewish Community. [December 2010]
MELNITSA PODOLSKAYA: US Commission Report No. UA19270101
Alternate name: Melnitsa (Yiddish), Melnitse (German), Melnitza (Hungarian), Mielnica (Czech), Melnice (Slov), Melnitsa nads Dnestrom (Russian) and Melnitsa Podilska (Ukraine). Melnitsa Podolskaya is located in Ternopolskaya at 48º37 26º10, 35 km from Borschev and 38 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located N, Michurina St. and Pushkina Street. Present town population is 5,001 - 25,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Vilage Executive Council of Magas Vasiliy Mikhaylovich [Phone: (03541) 41328].
-- Regional: Regional Executive Council - Kuzik Ivan Andreevich [Phone: (05541) 51178]. Oblast State Administration - Skibnyavskiy Mikhail Vasilyevich [Phone: (03522) 25225].
-- Jewish Community 'Alef' - Paren Nuta Elyevich [Phone: (03522) 69323].
-- Others: Main Architect of Borschev Region, Babiy Vasiliy Timofeevich [Phone: (05541) 21538]. Local History Museum - Sohatskiy Mikhail Petrovich [Phone: (05541) 21692].
The earliest known Jewish community was end 18th century, Sadgoskaya, Chortkovskaya Hasidic. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1411. Living here was tsadak Shalom Yosef, son of Gusyatin, tsadak Mordehay-Shragi Fridman. The last known Jewish burial was 1940. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside, reached by turning directly off a public road, is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 21 to 100 stones, most in original location with 50% - 75% stones toppled or broken, date from 1920. Location of any removed stones is unknown. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces. The cemetery contains marked mass graves and no known mass graves. Municipality owns property is used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing). Properties adjacent are agricultural and residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of agriculture. Local residents visit rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and frequently in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Cemetery is kitchen garden. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem preventing access. Water drainage is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access. Serious threat: vandalism (Part of tombstones was destroyed during World War II.) Moderate threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, and existing and proposed nearby development.
Hodorkovskiy Yuriy Isaakovich of Kiev, Vozduhoflotskiy Prospect 37 a, apt.23 [Phone: (044) 2769505] visited site on 19/04/1996. No interviews were conducted. Hodorkovskiy completed survey in /04/1996. Documentation: see section 14 [sic].