KALINOVKA Vinnitsa Oblast

KALINOVKA I:     US Commission No. UA01110501
Alternate names: Kalinivka (German) and Kolenivka (Polish). Kalinivka is located in Vinnitskaya at 49º28 28º32. Kalinivka is 32 km from Vinnitsa. The mass grave is located West 700m by the railway tracks in direction of Schepctovka. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 11-100 Jews.
-- Town officials: Kalinivka Regional Executive Committee - Chairman-Kugay Ivan Zakharovich. Kalinivskiy Regional Department of Culture - Demidas Vasiliy Ivanovich.
-- Regional: Vinnitsa Oblast Regional Executive Committee of Chairman -Melnik Nikolay Evtikhovich. Vinnitska Oblast Department of Culture - Ilchuk Nikolay Nikolay. Vinnitska Oblast Department of Jewish Culture - Gubenko Bella Aronovna.
     The earliest known Jewish community was 18th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1097. Effecting the Jewish Community were 1918-20 pogroms, 1920 community organization was destroyed, and 1941- Holocaust. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 for 1300 Jews. No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The unlandmarked isolated 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. A continuous fence surrounds the mass grave. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. Stones date from 1947. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are commercial-industrial and agricultural. Occasionally, organized individual tours and local residents visit site. The mass grave was vandalized occasionally in the last ten years. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution, vandalism and existing nearby development. No threat: proposed nearby development.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Ukraine, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17d, a. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] in 07/1995. Interviewed were Sandur I.G. of Kalinovka in 07/1994. Oks completed survey on 08/03/1995. Documentation: Vinnitsa Oblast State Archive Fond P-4422, on. 1, d-13; Vinnitsa Oblast State Archive Fond P-136, op. 15, d-48, 37. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KALINOVKA II:     US Commission No. UA01110101
     See KALINOVKA I for town information. The cemetery is located at Schorca Street, right of the train tracks in direction of Chmelnik. Effecting the Jewish Community were pogroms in time of Chmelnitski, 1648-9 and 1941-42 shooting of over 1500 people. [sic] The last known Hasidic burial was 1994. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban agricultural flat land has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. A broken fence and non-locking gate surrounds the site. 101 to 500 stones, most in original location with less than 25% of surviving stones toppled or broken, date from before 1500 to 20th century. Location of any removed tombstones is unknown. Some tombstones have traces of painting on their surfaces, iron decorations or lettering, other metallic elements, portraits on stones, and/or metal fences around graves. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. The municipality owns the property used for Jewish cemetery and 10% of the oldest part. Adjacent properties are commercial-industrial and agricultural. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of commercial-industrial development. Frequently, organized individual tours visit. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II and frequently in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country and abroad did re-erection of stones, patched broken stones, cleaned stones and cleared vegetation work in 1945-1948. A local contribution, Jewish survivors, and visitors' contributions pay the regular caretaker. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem, preventing access. Very serious threat: existing nearby development (About 2000 sqm has been given to a factory for developemnt by city.) and proposed nearby development. Moderate threat: vegetation. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, pollution and vandalism.
     Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya 17D, Apt. 52 [Phone: (0482) 665950] on 6/28/94. Interviewed were people from Kalinovka. Oks completed survey on 28/06/1994. Documentation: National Minorities in Ukraine, Register, 1925. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
KALINOVKA III:     US Commission No. UA05520501
     See KALINOVKA I for town information. The mass grave is located at 2 km from village to North, "Kamennaya Gorka". The Hasidic mass grave was dug in 1941.No Jews from other towns or villages were murdered here. The isolated unlandmarked rural (agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Forest near Kalinovka reaches it with access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds site. 1 to 20 stones, all in original location with none toppled or broken and no stones removed, date from 1992. Some tombstones have metal fences around graves. The site contains marked mass graves. The municipality owns the property. Adjacent properties are forest. The mass grave boundaries is larger now than 1939. Rarely, Jewish or non-Jewish visitors and local residents visit site. This mass grave has not been vandalized. There has been re-erection of stones done by local/municipal authorities in 1992. Now, authorities occasionally clean or clear site. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Slight threat: uncontrolled access, weather erosion, pollution, vegetation, vandalism and proposed nearby or existing nearby development.
     Kogan Leonid of Novograd-Volynskiy, Lenina Street 107, Apt. 42. [Phone: (04141) 54259] visited site on May 1995. Interviewed was Finkelman Boris Abramovich on /05/1992. Kogan completed survey on 24/10/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.