KAKHOVKA

KAKHOVKA I:     US Commission No. UA21020101
Alternate names: Kachovka (Russian) and Islam-Kermen (other). Kakhovka is located in Khersonskaya 46º49 33º29, 80 km from Kherson, 120 km from Nikolaev and 280 km from Odessa. The cemetery is located at residence of "Mikhaila Svetlova", south. Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Town soviet, Gashenko Viktor Semenovich (05536) 33255.
-- Local officials: Kakhovka rayispolkom of Medved Grigoriy Vasilievich.
-- Regional: Kherson oblispolkom of Churrina Vladimir Grigorievich.
KAKHOVKA II:     US Commission No. UA21020501
Alternate names: Kochovka (Ukraine). Kakhovka is located in Khersonskaya at 46º49 33º29, 100 km from Kherson and 280 km from Odessa. The mass grave is near the forest "Solovichniy Gay". Present town population is 25,001-100,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Town Soviet of Kachovka. Major-Gashenko Viktor Semenovich (05536) 33255.
-- Regional: Regional Department of Culture in Kahovka - Denisyuk Valentina Petrovna.
-- Regional Executive Committee, Chupryna Vladimir Grigor'yevich (05522) 25290.
-- Town officials: Krayevedchesky Museum of Kachovka - Chairman-Shul'zhenko Ol'ga Grigoryevna [Phone: (05536) 34050] Krayevedchesky Museum of Kachovka - Yablonskaya Alla Nikolayevna [Phone: (05536) 52336]. -- Jewish Community of Kherson. Steyman Boris Zinov'yevich (05522) 6-41-29.
The earliest known Jewish community was 19th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 2441. Effecting the Jewish Community: 1918-1920 pogroms during Civil War and 1920 elimination of Jewish organization and shooting of more than 2000 Jews. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1942. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated unlandmarked suburban flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and none removed, date from 1990. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are agricultural. Occasionally, local residents visit site. The mass grave was vandalized frequently in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish individuals within country re-erected stones in 1990. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. 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. Slight threat: existing and proposed nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya st. 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] on 12/5/94. Interviewed on 12/4/94were Yablonskaya of Kahovka and Menisenko of Kahovka. Oks completed survey on 02/08/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KAKHOVKA III:     US Commission No. UA21020502
     The mass grave is located at Pushkina Street, on right side of Dnepr, west. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1942. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The unlandmarked isolated urban flat lby water has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. 1 to 20 common tombstones, all in original location with none toppled or broken, date from 1985. No stones were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are commercial-industrial and residential. Occasionally, local residents visit site. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II but not in the last ten years. Local/municipal authorities and Jewish groups within country did re-erection of stones in 1985. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vandalism and existing nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St. 17d, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site and completed survey on 12/8/94. Interviewed were Yablonskaya of Kahovka on 12/8/94 and Menisenko of Kahovka on 12/8/94. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.