NOVOSELICA

NOVOSELICA I:     US Commission No. UA25090101
Alternate name: Nova Sulita (Yiddish), Novo Selitsa (Slov) and Novoselica (Polish). Novoselica is located in Chernovitskaya at 48º13 26º17, 32 km from Chernovtsy. The cemetery is located at North part of the town. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Town soviet Pazyak Nikolay Vasiliyevich of 275210, Novoselitsa, Chkalova Street 7. Teacher, Ryndyuk Aleksey Ivanovich of (03734)22648. Main Architect Pivnyuk Roman Vasiliyevich, Chernovtsy, Theater sq. (03734)21306.
-- Regional: Region Executive Soviet Chairman Belik Anatoliy Vasiliyevich [Phone: (03734)20004]. Region Executive Committee Chairman Chubrey Georgiy Ivanovich. 274010, Chernovtsy, Sovetskaya Street 1 - Gasyuk Petr Petrovich [Phone: (03734)22640].
-- Others: Fredman Efim Nikolayevich of (03734)22745. Pesah Nisan of Tel-Aviv: Alef, 1987.
     1939 Jewish population (census) was 10,000. The last known Hasidic burial was 1990. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated rural (agricultural) 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. 501 to 5000 stones, all in original location with less than 25% toppled or broken, date from 19th to 20th century. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has tombstones metal fences around graves. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are larger now than 1939. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents stop. This cemetery has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities cleared vegetation in 1991. Now, individuals clean or clear occasionally. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and vandalism.
     Documentation: Rothman Max. Memories of Bessarabian Zeida- Jerusalem, 1991; Gross S.Y., Cohen Y.Y. Sefer Marmarosh -Tel Aviv, 1983. Hodorkovsky Yuriy Isaakovich of 252037, Ukraine, Kiev, Vozduhoflotsky 37a, 23 visited site[Phone: (044)2769505] on 1/24/95. Interviewed was Ryndyuk Aleksey Ivanovich on 1/24/95. Hodorkovsky completed survey in 01/1995.
NOVOSELICA II:     US Commission No. UA25090501
     The unlandmarked 1942 mass grave is located at N of town. In July 1941, 800 Jews were murdered here but none from other towns or villages. The isolated wooded hillside has signs or plaques in local language mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by crossing Jewish cemetery, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location with no surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1980. No stones were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns mass burial property. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Rarely, local residents visit site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish groups within country did re-erection of stones and cleared vegetation in 1980. Occasionally, authorities clean or clear. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Slight threat: weather erosion, vegetation and vandalism.
     Hodorkovsky Yuriy Isaakovich of 252037, Ukraine, Kiev, Vozduhoflotsky 37a, 23 [Phone: (044)2769505] visited site on 9/1/95. Interviewed was Rinduk Aleksey Ivanovich on 1/24/95. Hodorkovsky completed survey on 10/01/1995. Documentation: Rothman Max. Memories of Bessarabian Zeida.Jerusalem 1991.