NEGROVETS

NEGROVETS:     US Commission No. UA06130101
Alternate name: FelsokaLocsa (Yiddish), Negreviz (German), Negrivits (Hungarian), Negriviz (Polish), Negrovets (Ukraine) and Negrovec (Hebrew). Negrovets is located in Zakarpatskaya at 48º27 23º40, 165 km from Mukachevo and 163 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at center, left side river Otereblya. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Executive Council-Roshinets Yuriy Semenovich [Phone: (03146)93438]. Local officials: Mezhgorye Regional Dept. of Culture-Golodnyak Vladimir Petrovich [Phone: (03146)91475]. Mezhgorye Regional Executive Council-Ferutsya Anton Yuryevich [Phone: (03146)91330].
-- Regional: Zakarpatskaya Oblast Executive Council-Ustich Sergey Ivanovich [Phone: (03122)33051]. Zakarpatskaya Oblast Dept. of Culture-Gavorets Vasiliy Stepanovich [Phone: (03122)35509].
     The earliest known Jewish community was middle 19 [sic]. 1926Jewish population (census) 90. The last known Hasidic burial was 1943. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban wooded hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. 21 to 100 common tombstones, most in original location with more than 75% 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 property used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential and forest. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth and water drainage are seasonal problems preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and existing nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17d, apt. 52 [Phone: (0482)665950] visited site on /07/1995. Interviewed was Fontin Mikhail of v. Negrovets. on 07/1995. Oks completed survey on 22/08/1995. Documentation: Short Jewish Encyclopaedia, v.2, Jerusalem, 1982.