MARINOVKA

MARINOVKA:     US Commission No. UA14210501
Alternate name: Marnivka (Ukraine). Marinovka is located in Nikolaevskaya at 47º_ and 31º_, 200 km from Odessa and 18 km from Domanevka. The mass grave is located at center. Present town population is 1,000 - 5,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Marinovka Village Executive Council, Chairman Tretyakov Vladimir Aleksandrovich [Phone: (05152) 93699].
-- Regional: Regional Executive Council, Chairman Andriyanov Nikolay Fedorovich [Phone: (05152) 91515]. Oblast Dept. of Culture, Chairman Laskutnikov Vitaliy Sergeevich [Phone: (0512) 350140]. Town officials: Regional Dept. of Culture, Chairman Dovga Olga Panteleevna [Phone: (05152) 91262]. Others: Nikolaev Jewish Community, Goldenbreg Mikhail Davidovich [Phone: (0512) 375132].
The earliest known Jewish community was 1794, Odessa. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 153,242. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1905 Pogrom. Living in Jewish community were H.N. Bialik and Sh. Chernyahovskiy. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Hasidic burial 1942. Odessa (200 km away) Jews were murdered here. The isolated urban 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 site. No stones are visible or removed. The site contains unmarked mass graves. Municipality owns site 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. The mass grave has been vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of site are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem preventing access. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vegetation and vandalism. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and existing nearby development.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St 17d, Apt. 52 visited site [Phone: (0482) 665950] on /04/1995. Interviewed were Koren L.P. of Odessa on /04/1995. Oks completed survey on 21/04/1995. Documentation: see section 14 [sic]. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.