MANEVICHY: US Commission No. UA02130101
Alternate name: Manievich (Yiddish), Maniewicze (German), Manivits (Hungarian), Manyevish (Czech), Manyevichi (Slov), Monavitsh (Polish), Monavitz (English) and Manevichy-Lyubetov (Ukraine). Manevichy is located in Volynskaya at 51º22 25º32, 75 km from Lutzk and 101 km from Rovno. The cemetery is located in N part of town. Present town population is 5,001 - 25,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Regional Executive Council, Chairman Negibpruk S.I. [Phone: (03376) 21333] Regional Executive Council, Sadova M.U. [Phone: (03376) 21651].
-- Local officials: Town Housing Dept., Koval'skiy L.V. [Phone: (03376) 21681].
-- Regional: Region Executive Committee of Vohlin, Dept. of the Monuments Preservation, Chairman Chemerna E.V. [Phone: (03322)42253].
-- Town officials: Volyn Jewish Community, 263000, Lutsk, Vinnichenka St. 49, apt 6 [Phone: (03322) 40045]. -- Others: Volinsky Archive of Lutzk, Veteranov St. 21 [Phone: (03322) 57533]. Israel, Ramat-Gan, Jewish History, Bar Ilan University.
The earliest known Jewish community was 19th century. 1939 Jewish population (census) was 504. Effecting the Jewish Community were Civil War, World War I, and Holocaust. The Karlin-Stolin Hasidic Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked cemetery. The isolated suburban 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. Location of any removed stones is unknown. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for industrial-commercial use and storage. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial. The cemetery boundaries are smaller now than 1939 because of new roads or highways, commercial-industrial development, and other. The cemetery is visited rarely by private visitors and local residents. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. There is no maintenance now. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Serious threat: existing nearby development (On the Cemetery land is storage, toilet.."). Slight threat: uncontrolled access and pollution.
Kirzhner Moisey of 263005, Lutsk, Grushevskogo St. 18, apt. 38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] visited site on 4/11/95. Interviewed was Homich P.N. of Nezavisimosti St. 22, Museum on 4/11/95. Kirzhner completed survey on 06/18/1995. Documentation: Shmuel Spector. The Holocaust of Volhynian Jews 1941-1945 , Yad Vashem. The Federation of Volhynian Jews, Jerusalem, 1990, p. 40, 66, 73, 199, 277, 278; 281, 297-301, 328, 352, 358. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible.
v. MANYEVICHI: US Commission No. UA02130501
Alternate name: Manievich (Yiddish), Maniewicze (German), Manivits (Hungarian), Manyevich (Czech) and Manavits (Russian). v. Manyevichi is located in Volynskaya at 51º22 25º32, 75 km from Lutsk and 101 km from Rovno. The mass grave is located at SW in the forest near the cemetery. Present town population is 5,001 - 25,000 with no Jews.
-- Town officials: Manevichi Region Executive Committee of Chairman-Nechiporuk Stepan Ivanovich, Sadova Mariya Ul'yanovna [Phone: (03376) 21333]. Town Housing Dept. - Kovalevskiy Leonid Vladimirovich, Rynochnaya St. 22 [Phone: (03376) 21310].
-- Regional: Dept. of Monument Preservation, Chemeris V.E. of 263000, Lutsk, Galana St. 2. Town officials: Volyn Jewish Community, 263005, Lutsk, Vinnichenko St. 49, Apt.6 [Phone: (03322) 24713]. -- Others: Dept. of Jewish History, Ban-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. Manyevichi, Nezavisimosty 22, Museum of Khomich P.N.
The earliest known Jewish community was end 19th century. The Jewish population (census) 1937 was 504. Effecting the Jewish Community were First World War, Civil War and Holocaust. The 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, separate but near other cemeteries, has no sign or marker. Teached by near road to Lubashov, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds. The approximate size of mass grave is now 0.01 hectares. No stones were removed. Stones date from 1991. The mass grave has only common tombstones. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns mass burial site. Properties adjacent are forest, town cemetery. Rarely do organized Jewish group tours or pilgrimage groups, organized individual tours and private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors visit. This mass grave was not vandalized. There is no maintenance. Within the limits of site are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access. Slight threat: vegetation and vandalism.
Kirzhner Moisey of 263005, Lutsk, Grushevskogo St. 18, apt. 38 [Phone: (03322) 34775] on 3/22/95. Interviewed were Khomich P.N., Sadovaya Mariya Ul'yanovna on 3/22/95. Kirzhner completed survey on 03/22/1995. Documentation: Shmuel Spector. The Holocaust of Volhynian Jews 1941-1945 . Yad-Vasem. The Federation of Volhynian Jews, Jerusalem, 1990, p. 40, 66, 73, 199, 277-278, 281; 297-301, 328, 352, 358. Other documentation exists but was too general.