MANIVTSY

v. MANIVTSY:     US Commission No. UA22270501
Alternate name: Manivtsi (Ukraine). v. Manivtsy is located in Khmelnitskaya, 30 km from Krasilov and 45 km from Starokonstantinov. The mass grave is located E, in forest. Present town population is under 1,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Village Soviet, D'yachuk Igor Anatolievich (03855) 91165. Krasilov rayispolkom, Rachinskiy Leonid Vladimirovich (03855) 21156.
-- Regional: Oblispolkom, Guseynikov Evgeniy Yakovlevich (03822) 65025. Krasilov Regional Dept. of Culture - Chernov Vasiliy Borisovich.
-- Khmelnitskiy Jewish Community, Zeleniy Mikhail.
The earliest known Jewish community was 17th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 1550. Effecting the Jewish Community was 1648-49 Khmelnitskiy' s pogroms in Krasilov. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941 with last known Jewish burial 1942. Jews of Krasilov (30 km away) and Starokonstantinov (30 km away) were murdered here. The wooded flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning Jews and the Holocaust. Reached by crossing other public property, access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds site. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. Stones date from 1992. Some tombstones have other metallic elements. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns mass burial site. Properties adjacent are forest. Occasionally, organized individual tours and local residents visit. This mass grave was not vandalized. Occasionally, authorities clean or clear. Within the limits of site are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vegetation. Slight threat: weather erosion, pollution and vandalism.
Oks Vladimir Moiseevich of 270065, Odessa, Varnenskaya St 17d, Apt. 52 visited site on [Phone: (0482) 665950] in 06/1995. Interviewed were Kogan F.P. of Krasilov in 06/1995. Oks completed survey on 06/23/1995. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.