NOVO-PAVLOVKA

NOVO-PAVLOVKA:     US Commission No. UA14280501
Alternate name: Nova Pavlivka (Ukraine). The town is location at 47.0 31º_, in Nikolaevskaya, 130 km from Odessa. The mass grave is located at S of village. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Regional Executive Council Chairman Golovatyy Anatoliy Alekseevich [Phone: (05163)92306].
-- Jewish Community-Goldenberg Mikhail Davidovich [Phone: (0512)246729].
-- Regional: Oblast Dept. of Culture, Chairman -Laskutnikov Vitaliy Sergeevich [Phone: (0512)350140]. Town officials: Nikolaevskaya Oblast Local History Museum of Petrov Vladimir Antonovich [Phone: (0512)342205]. Society for Protection of Cultural Memorials-Gidalevich Boris Adolfovich [Phone: (0482)229924].
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1794. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 153242 [sic. Effecting Jewish Community were 1881 pogrom and 1905 pogrom. Living in Jewish community were H-N-Bialik and M. Dizengorf. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic burial was 1942. Odessa (130 km away) Jews were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated suburban flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds. No stones are visible or were removed. The site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns property 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 site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vandalism and existing nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17d, apt. 52 [Phone: (0482)665950] visited site on /03/1995. Interviewed was Galanter M.I. of Odessa on /03/1994. Oks completed survey on 06/06/1995. Documentation: see section 14 [sic].