MOLOCHANSK

MOLOCHANSK I:     US Commission No. UA07110501
Molochansk is located in Zaporozhskaya, 114 km from Zaporozhye. The mass grave is located at autodoor Molochansk-Novonikolaevka. Present town population is 5,001 - 25,000 with fewer than 10 Jews.
-- Town officials: gorispokom, Sobetskiy Ivan Dmitrievich of 332550, Molochansk, Telmana St. 7. Molochansk gorispolkom. Society of Historical Monuments and Cultural Preservation of 330035, Zaporozhey, Lermontova str.14, Sidorenko Mokhail Mikhaylovich.
-- Regional: Oblast Dept. of Culture. Chugunenko Viktor Ivanovich 330107, Zaporozhye, Prospect Lenina 164.
-- Chairman Esterkin Boris Lvovich, Jewish Community of Zaporozhskaya Oblast, 330600,Zaporozhe, Turgeneva St. 22, Society 'Yahad'.
The earliest known Jewish community was 1888. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 249. The Conservative Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The rural (agricultural) flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by autodoor Molochansk-Novonikolaevka, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site. Properties adjacent are agricultural. Rarely,private visitors (Jewish or non-Jewish) stop. This mass grave was not vandalized. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of site are no structures. Water drainage at the mass grave is a seasonal problem. Very serious threat: uncontrolled access.
Shevelev Mark Petrovich of 330000, Zaporozhye, Central Bulvar 25, Apt. 54 [Phone: (0612) 396982] visited site in 08/1994 in 12/1994. Interviewed was Chernukha Elena Ivanovna in 12/1994. Shevelev completed survey on 01/20/1995.
MOLOCHANSK II:     US Commission No. UA07110502
The 1941 mass grave is located at 300m from PTU #55, Chapaeva Street 1. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered at this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by city street, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. Stones date from 1965. The mass grave has common tombstones and marked mass graves. Municipality owns site. Properties adjacent are "other." Occasionally, local residents visit. This mass grave was not vandalized. Occasionally, authorities clean or clear. Within the limits of site are no structures. No threats.
Shevelev Mark Petrovich of 330000, Zaporozhye, Central Bulvar 25, Apt. 54 [Phone: (0612) 396982] visited site in 08/1994 in 12/1994. Interviewed were Chernuha Elena Ivanovna in 12/1994. Shevelev completed survey on 01/20/1995.