The Lo Tishkach Holocaust Mass Grave Marker Project
As units of the Nazi Einsatzgruppen moved eastwards during World War II, they set about murdering hundreds of thousands of Jews at thousands of execution sites across Eastern Europe. We may never be able to grant a proper burial to these victims of the Holocaust but it is our duty to mark every site in order that the memory of the Holocaust is never forgotten or denied and the lessons are learned in perpetuity.
As part of surveys undertaken by Lo Tishkach in regions of Ukraine and the Baltic States, all known Holocaust mass grave sites are visited and inspected.
The following Holocaust mass grave sites in the Kyiv region of Ukraine urgently require marking or memorialising. In some cases, existing memorials make NO mention of the Jewish victims killed at these sites. If you would like to help us to rectify this, please visit our donations page or contact us at info@lo-tishkach.org.
Baryshivka Mass Grave – Between 90 and 126 people were killed here on either September 21 or November 21, 1941. Plaque required which mentions Jewish victims.
Boiarka Mass Grave – Between 75 and 120 Jewish victims were killed at this site in early 1943. There is also evidence that 10 local Jewish residents were killed here in October 1941. Plaque required which mentions Jewish victims.
Dymer Mass Grave – 120 local Jews were shot here just after November 7, 1941. There is no memorial on site or indeed any indication that it is the location of a mass grave.
Fastiv Mass Grave I – 500 Jews murdered on October 6, 1941 were reburied at this site. Plaque required to replace Soviet-era marker which does not mention Jewish victims.
Hrebinky Mass Grave – 37 Hrebinky Jews were shot in the forest on August 26, 1941. Children were thrown into the pit and buried alive. There is no memorial or any indication of the mass grave on site.
Kaharlyk Mass Grave – An unknown number of Jews were killed here in September 1941. The memorial does not mention the Jewish victims.
Makariv Mass Grave – After the Nazi occupation in late July 1941, the first killing of Jews by sonderkommando in the Kyiv region took place here in which 14 Jews were killed. In 1941, some 300 Makariv Jews were killed. The memorial makes no mention of the Jewish victims.
Poliske Mass Grave – 439 Jews were killed and buried here in September 1941 and during 1942. The memorial does not mention the Jewish victims.
Tarascha Mass Grave II – In mid-September 1941, Tarascha’s remaining 200 Jews were ordered to gather in the town’s main square and march to the cemetery where they were shot. The mass grave to the right of the entrance to the cemetery is unmarked and undemarcated. It is used by local residents as a waste dump.
Vasylkiv Mass Grave – Around 200 Jewish victims were shot here in 1941-2. The memorial makes no mention of the Jewish victims.
Yahotyn Mass Grave – Between 160 and 185 Jews were shot here on September 8-10, 1941. The memorial makes no mention of the Jewish victims.
