MARYEVKA

MARYEVKA:     US Commission No. UA14180501
Alternate name: Maryinbug (Russian) and Mar'yevka (Ukraine). Maryevka is located in Nikolaevskaya at 47º31 º?, 190 km from Odessa and 32 km from Domanevka. The mass grave is located at SW part of village, on the bank of River Yuzhniy Bug. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Bogdanovka Village Executive Council, Chairman -Yakimov Sergey Romanovich [Phone: (05152) 93471].
-- Regional officials: Regional Executive Council, Chairman Andriyanov Nikolay Fedorovich [Phone: (05152091288]. Oblast Dept. of Culture, Chairman Laskutnikov Vitaliy Sergeevich [Phone: (0512) 350140]. Regional Dept. of Culture, Chairman Dovga Olga Panteleevna [Phone: (05152) 91262]. Others: Nikolaev Jewish Community, Goldemberg Mikhail Davidovich [Phone: (0512) 375172].
The earliest known Jewish community was 1794, Odessa. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 153242. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1881 pogrom, 1905 pogrom, and 1920 Community organizations were destroyed. Living in Jewish community were Akhad-Haim (A.G. Gintsberg) and Lev Pinsker. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic burial 1942. Odessa (190 km away) and Bessarabiya Jews were murdered here. The isolated suburban 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 site. No stones are visible or removed. The site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for agriculture (crops or animal grazing) and mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Rarely, local residents visit. The mass grave has been vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of site are no structures. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access (Access without control). Moderate threat: pollution, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion and existing nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St 17d, Apt. 52 visited site [Phone: (0482) 665950] on /04/1995. Interviewed were Gelfer O. and Vaysman G.M of Odessa on /04/1995. Oks completed survey on 19/04/1995. Documentation: see section 14 [sic]. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.