KOLOSOVKA: US Commission No. UA14250501
Alternate names: Kolosivka (Ukraine). Kolosovka is located in Nikolaevskaya, 110 km from Odessa. The mass grave is located at hollow in west part of village. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
- Town officials: Zelenoye Village Executive Council of Chairman-Ivanishin Stepan Yaroslavovich [Phone: (05163) 93556].
- Jewish Community - Goldenberg Mikhail Davidovich [Phone: (0512) 246729]
- Regional: Veselinka Regional Executive Council - Chairman Golovatyy Anatoliy Alekseevich [Phone: (05163) 92306]. Oblast Department of Culture - Chairman Laskutnikov Vitaliy Sergeevich [Phone: (0512) 350140]. Nikolaevskaya Oblast Local History Museum of Petrov Vladimir Anatolyevich [Phone: (0512) 342203]. Cultural Memorial Protection Society - Gudalevich Boris Adolfovich [Phone: (0482) 229924].
The earliest known Jewish community was 1794, Odessa. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 153,242 [sic]. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1905 pogrom and 1941 Holocaust. Living here were V. Zhabotinskiy and Meir Zinengor. The unlandmarked Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic burial 1942.Odessa (110 km away) Jews were murdered here also. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. The access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. No stones are visible or were removed. The mass grave has no special sections but contains unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing) and mass burial site. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Local residents visit rarely. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: pollution. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site on Apr 1995. Interviewed was Grosman F.A. of Odessa on Apr 1995. Oks completed survey on 06/06/1995. Documentation: see at section 14 [sic].
