KURINEVKA

v. KURINEVKA:     US Commission No. UA01350501
v. Kurinevka is located in Vinnitskaya, 18 km from Chechelnik, 125 km from Uman and 209 km from Vinnitsa. The mass grave is located at 300m west from village, near the ruins of the old monastery. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
-- Regional officials: Chechelnik Regional Executive Committee of Chairman -Murakhovskiy Vladimir Andreevich [Phone: (04351) 21081]. Chechelnik Region Department of Jewish Culture of Kolobizhko Elena Nikolayevna [Phone: (04351) 21244]. Vinnitsa Regional Executive Committee of Chairman-Melnik Nikolay Evtikhovich. Vinnitsa Oblast Department of Culture - Ilchuk Nikolay Nikolayevich. Others: Vinnitsa Oblast Department of Jewish Culture - Gubenko Bella Aronovna [Phone: (0432) 351666].
     North Bukovina (350 km away) and Bessarabiya (350 km away) Jews were murdered here also. The unlandmarked isolated wooded flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by crossing other public property, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. No stones are visible or were removed. The site contains unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are forest. Local residents visit rarely. The mass grave was vandalized during World War II and occasionally in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a constant problem, disturbing graves. Water drainage at the mass grave is a seasonal problem.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Ukraine, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17d,a.52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site on 1/6/94 and 8/8/90. Interviewed on 6/1/95 were Nazorchuk A.V. and Granat Y.S. of Chechelnik. Oks completed survey on 03/04/1995. Documentation: State Archive in Vinnitskaya Oblast. Fond P-2255, op.1, d. 1119, 1120, 1126. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.