KUZNETSOVA

KUZNETSOVA:     US Commission No. UA14200501
Kuznetsova is located in Nikolaevskaya, 40 km from Domanevka and 220 km from Odessa. The mass grave is located at 2 km to North from village. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Schastlivoye Village Executive Council - Chairman Hizhnyak Yuriy Aleksandrovich [Phone: (05152) 93257].
-- Regional officials: Regional Executive Council - Chairman-Andriyanov Nikolay Fedorovoich [Phone: (05152) 91515]. Oblast Department of Culture - Chairman -Laskutnikov Vitaliy Sergeevich [Phone: (0512) 350140]. Regional Department of Culture - Chairman-Dovga Olga Panteleevna [Phone: (0512) 91262].
-- Jewish Community of Nikolaev - Goldenberg Mikhail Davidovich [Phone: (0512) 375132].
     The earliest known Jewish community was 1794-Odessa. 1939 Odessa Jewish population (census) was 153,242. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1881 pogrom and 1941-42 Holocaust. Living here were H.N. Byalik and Lev Pinsker. The unlandmarked Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic burial 1942. Odessa (220 km away) Jews were murdered here also. The isolated rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the mass grave. No stones are visible or were removed. The mass grave contains unmarked mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for mass burial site and military use. Adjacent properties are military. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Local residents visit rarely. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Very serious threat: existing nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya Street 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] visited site on Apr 1995. Interviewed were Efimtseva L.P. of Domanevka on Apr 1995. Oks completed survey on 21/04/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.