NIZHNEYE SELISCHE

v. NIZHNEYE SELISCHE:     US Commission No. UA06560101
Alternate name: Nlsoszelitye (German) and Nizhni Seliste (Ukraine). v. Nizhneye Selische is located in Zakarpatskaya at 48º11 23º27, 65 km from Mukachevo and 182 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at center. v. Nizhneye Selische. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Hust Regional Executive Council, Chairman Turchin Fedor Fedorovich [Phone: (031422)3102]. Hust Regional Dept. of Culture, Chairman Yurchak Ivan Mikhaylovich [Phone: (031422)3217].
-- Regional: Zakarpatsky Oblast Executive Council, Chairman Ustich Sergey Ivanovich [Phone: (03122)33051]. Zakarpatsky Oblast Dept. of Culture Chairman Gavorets Vasiliy Stepanovich [Phone: (03122)35373].
-- Others: Hust Jewish Community-Lazarevich A. [Phone: (031422)5644].
     The earliest known Jewish community was middle 19 [sic]. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 75. In 1918, Zakarpatye was transferred to Czech and 1944 Jewish deportations to the death camp. The last known Hasidic burial was 1943. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban hillside by water 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 25%-50% toppled or broken, date from the 19th century. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential. 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 A.Lazarevich of Hust on /07/1995. Oks completed survey on 14/08/1995 Documentation: Short Jewish Encyclopaedia, t.2, Jerusalem, 1982; Encyclopaedia Ukraineznavstvo, t.2, Kiev, 1993. .