MIZYCH

MIZYCH I:     US Commission No. UA17090101
Mizych is located in Rovenskaya at 51º26 26º4, 40 km from Rovno. The cemetery is located at Dernovskaya Street. Present town population is 1,000 - 5,000 with 11 - 100 Jews.
The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 3000. The Jewish cemetery was established in 19-20 century. The last known Jewish burial was 1940-1941. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 21 to 100 common tombstones, most in original location with 50% - 75% stones toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. Stones removed were incorporated into roads or structures. The cemetery contains 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 housing development and other. Rarely, private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. There is no maintenance or structures. Serious threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism.
Kirjner Moisey Davidovich of Lutsk, Grushevskogo Prospect 18, Apt. 38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 11/3/94. Interviewed was Fedoruk Y.I. on 11/3/94.
MIZYCH II:     US Commission No. UA17090501
The Jewish mass grave was dug in October 1942. Bilashev (10 km away) and Pivni (10 km away) Jews were murdered here. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1990. No stones were removed. Some tombstones have iron decorations or lettering, other metallic elements and/or metal fences around graves. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for mass graves. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. The mass grave is visited occasionally by organized Jewish group tours or pilgrimage groups. This mass grave was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation in 1993. Occasionally, authorities clean or clear. Within the limits of site are no structures. Serious threat: uncontrolled access. Moderate threat: vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion.
Kirjner Moisey Davidovich of Lutsk, Grushevskogo Prospect 18, Apt. 38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site and completed survey on 11/4/94. Interviewed was Fedorchuk V.I. on 11/4/94.