Novoselytsya Jewish Cemetery (Kelmintsi district)
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Chernivtsi
District
Kel'mentsi
Settlement
Novoselytsya
Site address
To reach the cemetery, proceed for about 700 metres in the nort-eastern direction from the last house on Golovna Street. Turn right onto the field road. Proceed for 300 metres. The cemetery is located in the woods on the right of the road.
GPS coordinates
48.44959, 27.00041
Perimeter length
The perimeter was not determined.
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
The cemetery site is severely overgrown. It requires full delineation, clearing and fencing.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved
Date of oldest tombstone
Date of newest tombstone
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
There was no information about the exact location of the cemetery site at the time of surveying.
Information on the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but it was marked on a Russian map of the 1860s. It can be supposed that it was demolished after WWII.
There is no information available about the Jewish community in Novoselytsya. Probably, some local Jews suffered the Haidamaka uprisings.
