NIZHNIYE VERETSKI

NIZHNIYE VERETSKI:     US Commission No. UA06230101
Alternate name: Alsovereszke (Yiddish), Nizhni Vierecki (Hungarian), Nizhni Veretski (Czech), Nizni Verecki (Slov), Nizni Verecki (Polish), Verecky Nizni (English) and Verecza (Ukraine). Nizhniye Veretski is located in Zakarpatskaya at 48º46 23º.6, 10 km from Vinogradov, 50 km from Mukachevo and 139 km from Lvov. The cemetery is located on left side of the r. Tirs in E part of village. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Major-Chernyanchuk Ivan Ivanovich [Phone: (03143)41555].
-- Regional: Vinogradovsky Regional Dept. of Culture Chairman Goliba Ivan Andreevich [Phone: (03143)22774]. Zakarpatsky Oblast Executive Council Chairman Ustich S.I. [Phone: (03122)33051]. Zakarpatsky Oblast Dept. of Culture, Chairman Gavorets V.S. [Phone: (03122)35373].
-- Jewish Community of Vinogradov, Chairman Rozner Nikolay Izidorovich [Phone: (03143)23446].
     The earliest known Jewish community was 19th century. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 200. Effecting Jewish Community were 1918 Zakarpat'e transfer 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 suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A continuous masonry wall with a non-locking gate surrounds the cemetery. 101 to 500 common tombstones, most in original location with less than 25% 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. Occasionally, organized individual tours and local residents visit. The cemetery was vandalized prior to World War II. by Jewish individuals abroad did re-erection of stones, cleaned stones, cleared vegetation, fixed wall and fixed gate in 1990. Now, individuals clean or clear occasionally. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: pollution and vegetation.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17d, apt. 52 [Phone: (0482)665950] visited site on /07/1995. Interviewed was Rozner N.I. of Vinogradov on /07/1995. Oks completed survey on 02/08/1995. Documentation: Short Jewish Encyclopaedia. Book 2, Jerusalem 1982; Encyclopaedia Ukraineznavstvo, book 1-2, 1993.