NIKOLAEVKA

NIKOLAEVKA:     US Commission No. UA14140501
Alternate name: Mikalayvka (Ukraine). Nikolaevka is located in Nikolaevskaya at 47º_ 31º_, 30 km from Domanevka and 150 km from Odessa. The mass grave is located at S of village. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Mostovka Village Executive Council Chairman Gedulyak Ekaterina Petrovna [Phone: (05152)94144].
-- Regional: Domanevka Regional Executive Council Chairman Andriyanov Nikolay Fedorovich [Phone: (05152)91288]. Oblast Dept. of Culture Chairman Laskutnikov Vitaliy Sergeevich [Phone: (0512)350140]. Regional Dept. of Culture Chairman Dovga Olga Panteleymonovna [Phone: (05152)91262].
-- Jewish Community of Nikolaev-Goldenberg Mikhail Davidovich [Phone: (0512)375172].
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1794. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 153242 [sic]. Effecting Jewish Community were data about Odessa, 1905 pogrom. Living in Jewish community were Lev Pinsker, V.Zhabotinskiy and H.N. Bialik. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic burial was 1942. Odessa (150 km away) Jews were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. 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. 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. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last 10 years. 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, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation and vandalism.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17d, apt. 52 [Phone: (0482)665950] visited site in /04/1995. Interviewed was Goldenberg E.M. of Odessa on /01/1994. Oks completed survey on 17/04/1996. Documentation: see section 14 [sic].