PAVLINKA

v. PAVLINKA:     US Commission No. UA15320501
v. Pavlinka is located in Odesskaya at 32°_ 44°_, 45 km from Odessa and 30 km from Ivanovka. The mass grave is located at W, 400 m from village on W. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.

• Town: Village Soviet of Shvam Mikhail Frantsevich [tel. (04854) 46342].
  
• Regional: Region Executive Committee of Chairman of Shalan Emelyam Andreevich [tel. (04854) 31266]. Ivanovka Regional Department of Culture, Dastih Nina NikolaevnaIvanovka. Regional Soviet of veteran, Nikulin Viktor Semenovich.
  
• Odessa Oblast. Department of Culture of Borodavko Roman Isaakovich Odessa Oblast. Department of Culture of Podderskaya Tatyana Anotolievna [tel. (0482) 283837].
  
• The Odessa Jewish Community-Chechelnitskiy Shimon. Odessa Oblast Society of Jewish Culture-Milshteyn Feliks Ilich.
  

     Jews from Odessa and Severinovka were murdered in v. Pavlinka's mass grave in 1941. Odessa (45 km away) and Severinovka (45 km away) Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The rural (agricultural) hillside has signs or plaques in local language mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, gate, or fence. The approximate size is 0.01 hectares. Stones from 1994 mark mass graves. Municipality owns site used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Occasionally, organized individual tours and local residents visit. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. Authorities occasionally clean or clear. Within the limits of the site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion and vandalism.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St., 17D, apt. 52 [tel: (0482) 665950] visited site on 3/7/95 and completed survey on 03/10/1995. Interviewed were Nikulin V.S. of Ivanovka on 3/7/95 and Nogal O.I. of Ivanovka on 3/7/95. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.