Alternate names: Izmail-Измаил [Rus], Izmayil-Ізмаїл [Ukr], Ismail [Rom], İşmasıl [Turk], Ismajil [Ger], Izmaił [Pol], Smil [Rom], Hacidar [Turk], Измаил [Moldovan], Ismailiye, Tuchkov. 45°21' N, 28°50' E, 120 mi SW of Odesa, 114 mi S of Chişinău (Kishinev), near the Danube, on the Romanian border. 1900 Jewish population: 2,775.
- Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), III, p. 336: "Izmaił". [September 2009]
- Izmayil, Ukraine (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, Volume II)
- Jewish Community of Izmail: Klushina str. 3, POB 32, Izmail, Ukraine Tel.: (380 4841) 788-48. Fax: (380 4841) 788-55, 221-22
CEMETERY:
- Ismail Jewish Cemetery photographed and indexed with 825 records uploaded with 825 photographs. overview, maps, photos, and more at Ismail Cemetery Report and 37 photos of unknown graves. [Jan 2016]
Alternate name: Ismail (Ukraine). Izmail is located in Odesskaya at 45º21 28º50, 195 km from Odessa. The cemetery is located at Telmana Street 3A. Present town population is over 100,000 with 101-1,000 Jews.
- Caretaker with key: Kenig Valentina Petrovna of Telmana Street 3A.
The earliest known Jewish community was 16th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1680. The Hasidic Jewish cemetery was established in 1970 with last known Jewish burial 1994. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land has by no sign, but has Jewish symbols on gate or wall. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open with permission. A continuous fence and a gate that locks surround the cemetery. 101 to 500 stones, all in original location with no surviving stones toppled or broken, date from 1970. No stones were removed. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, other metallic elements, portraits on stones and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery only. Adjacent properties are commercial or industrial and residential. The cemetery boundaries is larger now than 1939. Rarely, organized individual tours and Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors stop. This cemetery has not been vandalized. There has been cleared vegetation. Jewish survivors, contributions from visitors and the government pay a regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery there are other structures. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vegetation.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065,Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site and completed survey on 9/2/94. Interviewed were Lituchenko Y.M. on 9/2/94 and Mayler L.B. on 9/2/94.
IZMAIL II: US Commission No. UA15050102
See Izmail I. The Jewish cemetery was established in 19__ with last known Hasidic Jewish burial at end of 1940s. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, 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 common tombstones, none in original location and more than 75% toppled or broken, date from 1922. Stones were removed to another cemetery. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property now used for recreational use (park, playground, sports) and waste dumping. Adjacent properties are residential. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and frequently in the last 10 years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and proposed nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065,Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site and completed survey on 9/2/94. Interviewed were Mayer L.B. of Local residents on 9/2/94 and Lituchenko Y.M. of Local residents on 9/2/94. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
IZMAIL III: US Commission No. UA15050101
See Izmail I. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1835 with last known Hasidic and Orthodox (Sephardic) Jewish burial in 1969. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The urban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, 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. No stones are visible. Stones were removed to another cemetery. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property now used for waste dumping. Adjacent properties are residential and other. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of "other." The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and not in the last 10 years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, existing nearby development and proposed nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065,Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site and completed survey on 9/2/94. Interviewed were Mayer L.B. of Local residents on 9/2/94 and Lituchenko Y.M. of Local residents on 9/2/94. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.