MALIN

MALIN I:     US Commission No. UA05460101
Malin is located in Zhitomirskaya. The cemetery is located at center, Vinnichenko St. 43, near the bus station. Malin Alternate name: Malin (German). The town at 50º46 29º14, 102 km from Zitomir and 101 km from Kiev. Present town population is 25,001 - 100,000 with 11 - 100 Jews. Town officials: Town Council of Shevchuk Leonid Anatoliyevich [Phone: (04133)52880]. Local officials: Town Council of Shevchuk Leonid Anatoliyevich [Phone: (04133)53363]. Town officials: Malin Jewish Community, Reytman Boris Iosifovich [Phone: (04133)54972]. Others: Feytman Shlyena Fayvilevich (1910) of Malin, Lenina St. 23, apt.1 [Phone: (04133)51413].
The earliest known Jewish community was 1775. 1926 Jewish population (census) was 4582 Living in Jewish community were writer Gorodetskiy Samuil-Aba (born 1871) and composer Novakovskiy David (1848- 1921). The last known Jewish burial was end 19(?). The type of Jewish community which used this cemetery was Hasidic. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land 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. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property is used for land of bus station. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development and commercial or industrial development. Local residents visit rarely. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery is bus station. Very serious threat: vandalism and existing nearby development. Serious threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: pollution, vegetation and proposed nearby development.
Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina St. 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: (04141) 54259] visited site on 20/07/1995. Interviewed were Fetman Shlema Favelevich of Malin, Lenina St. 23, apt.1 on 8/8/95. Kogan completed survey on 14/08/1995. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopedia .
MALIN II:     US Commission No. UA05460102
The cemetery is located N of town. The Jewish cemetery was established in 1937 with last known Hasidic burial 1994. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The suburban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Reached by Miritenko Street, access is open to all. A continuous fence with non-locking gate surrounds. 501 to 5000 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1939. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery has no special sections. Some tombstones have portraits on stones and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are agricultural, railroad, and Catholic cemetery. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents stop. This cemetery was not vandalized. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals abroad cleared vegetation and fixed of wall in 1970-1990. Now there is regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery is well and caretaker house. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, vandalism and proposed nearby development.
Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina St. 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: (04141) 54259] visited site on 20/07/1995. Interviewed were Fetman Shlema Fayvilyevich of Malin, Lenina St., 23, apt.1 on 8/8/95. Kogan completed survey on 14/08/1995. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopedia .
MALIN III:     US Commission No. UA05460103
The cemetery is located at Coner Kirova and L. Chaykinoy Street. The last known Hasidic burial was 1945. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated urban flat land 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. 101 to 500 common tombstones, most in original location with 50% - 75% stones toppled or broken, date from 1908. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns site used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of housing development. Local residents visit rarely. The cemetery was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Serious threat: vandalism. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and pollution. Slight threat: weather erosion, vegetation and proposed nearby development.
Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina St. 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: (04141) 54259] visited site on 8/8/95. Interviewed were Feytman Shlyema Favilyevich of Malin, Lenina St. 23, apt.1 on 8/8/95. Kogan completed survey on 14/08/1995. Documentation: Jewish Encyclopedia .