The mass grave site of  Ternivka, Ukraina
Тернивка, массовых захоронений евреев. Украйна
Fosse commune a Ternivka. Ukraine




To death...in Ternivka.

Ternivka was a shtetl, situated 200 miles, south of Kiev and 20 miles south of Uman, where there are Hassidim Jews and were is buried Rebbe Nachman of Breslov ("Every Rosh Hashana, there is a major pilgrimage  by tens of thousands of Hasidim and others from around the world to the burial site of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, located on the former site of the Jewish cemetery in a rebuilt synagogue. Rebbe Nachman spent the last five months of his life in Uman,  and specifically requested to be buried here.") .

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Rabbi Nachman of Breslow tomb  Rabbi Nachman of Breslow tomb  Uman synagogue and Tzion hotel
The burial site of Rabbi Nachman of Breslow and the synagogue with the Tzion hotel in Uman (October 11, 2009)

The Germans occupied Ternivka on July 29, 1941. 2300 Jews perished in the mass murder operation in the Antonovka forest of May 27, 1942 and April 2, 1943. ( Ternivka mass murders. Yad Vashem)

Memorial at the murder site in Ternovka                   Memorial at the murder site in Ternovka
Memorial at the murder site in Ternivka. Translation: "Here are buried 2300 Jews, children, women, old people killed
 by the hands of the German- fascist occupants on May 27, 1942 and April 2, 1943."

According to Father Patrick Desbois, on  this site, "One of his interviewees was Petrivna, a Ukrainian woman, in the village of Ternivka. The Jews, she said, were gathered in the centre of the village and taken to a large pit on the fringes of the community.

They were told to lie down, 20 at a time, and shot in the back of the head. “It’s not easy to walk on bodies,” Petrivna told the priest “Very calmly I asked her: ‘You had to walk on the bodies of the people who were shot?’ She replied: ‘Yes, I had to pack them down . . . after every volley of shots. We were three Ukrainian girls who, in our bare feet, had to pack them down, the bodies of the Jews, and throw a fine layer of sand on top of them so that other Jews could lay down’.” ".

I met Petrivna in Ternivka in June 2008. She is married to the only Jew who survived and shated in the village, Khaim Shtein. Khaim's daughter lives in Israel. I asked him, why he didn't go there. He answered "I was born here and I am married with an Ukrainian woman".

Khaim Shtein and his wife Petrivna. Ternivka       Khaim Shtein's house in Ternivka
Khaim Shtein, his wife Petrivna and their house in Ternivka ( June 10, 2008)
The lake of Ternivka  A Jewish house in Ternivka  Ternivka market place
The lake, a Jewish house and the market place


To the slaughter. Ternivka
To the slaughter....

The mass grave
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List of of Jewish victims from Ternivka
After the war, the survivors of  Ternivka murders were buried in the mass grave, close to theirs siblings, who perished.

The graves in  Ternivka
Sura Leibovna Anovski's tombstone. Ternivka

Shura Janovski, daughter of Leib .
1904- 1981
Sura Leibovna Anovski's tombstone. Ternivka

Shura Leibovna Janovskaya
Sura Leibovna Anovski's tombstone. Ternivka

Shura Leibovna Janovskaya
Tombstone of Mania Lvovna Nemerovski. Ternivka

Mania, daughteur of Lev Nemerovski.
1921- 1950
From husband and daughter
 Tombstone of Mania Lvovna Nemerovski. Ternivka

Mania, daughteur of Lev Nemerovski.
1921- 1950
From husband and daughter
(detail)
Tombstones of Musia Burd and Rebecca Jusin. Ternivka

On the left: Musia Burd , daughter of  Josif 
1942- 1955
On the right: Rebeka Burd, daughter of Aron.
1883- 1955
Unknown tombstone. Ternivka
Tombstone of Gershon Davidovich Shugin. Ternivka

Gershon, son of  David Shugin
1878- 1933
Tombstone of Gershon Davidovich Shugin. Ternivka

Gershon, son of  David Shugin
1878- 1933
( detail)
Tombstone of Khaya Isakovna Veksler. Ternivka

Khaya Veksler, daughter of  Isak.
1916- 1869
Tomstone of Nikha Leibovna Velksler. Ternivka

Nikha Veksler, daughter of Leib.
1876- 1968
Tombstone of Nikha Leibovna Veksler. Ternivka

Nikha Veksler, daughter of Leib.
1876- 1968
(detail)
Unknown tombstone. Ternivka
Tombstone of Liba Bazrlianski. Ternivka

Liba Barzlianski, daughter of Moisey
1928-19??
 Tombstone of Liba Bazrlianski. Ternivka

Liba Barzlianski, daughter of Moisey
1928-19??
(detail)
Tombstone of Suria and Aizik Kreiman. Ternivka

On the left: Suria Kreiman, daughter of  Jakrun. 1896- 1973
On the right: Aizik Kreiman, son of Zakhar.
1897- 1981
Tombstone of Genia Grinshun, daughter of Gersh. Ternivka

Genia Grinshlun, daughter of Gersh.
March 19, 1915- April 23, 1970
 Unknown tombstone. Ternivka
Tomnstone of Izak Yanovski. Ternivka

Isaak Janovski
1897- 1952
Tombstone of Isaak Janovski. Ternivka

Isaak Janovski
1897- 1952
Tombstone of Lev Moisevich Zhornitzki. Ternivka

Lev, son of Moisey Zhornitzki
1897- 1960
Tombstone of Lev Moisevich Zhornitzki. Ternivka

Lev, son of Moisey Zhornitzki
1897- 1960
( detail)
Tombstone of Sholom Shloimovich Burd. Ternivka

Sholom, son of Shloim Burd
1895- 1952
Tombstone of Jonia Jankelevich Tenainki. Ternivka

Jonia, son of Yankel Tenainski(?)
1892- 1941


Jonia, son of Yankel Tenainski(?)
1892- 1941
( detail)
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Tombstone in hebrew. Ternivka
Tombstone of David Davidovich Nemirovski. Ternivka

David, son of David Nemirovski.
1882- 1977



Ternivka today (June 10, 2008)

Ternivka on the map of Ukraine
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Victor Ivanovich Melnikov.
1920- 1944
Hero of the Soviet Union
 Ternivka. June 2008



Other Jewish cemeteries in Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraina

- The  Jewish cemetery of Vishki ( Latvia)
- The  Jewish cemetery of Daugavpils ( Latvia)
- The  Jewish cemetery of Dagda ( Latvia)
- The  Jewish cemetery of  Livani ( Latvia)
- The  Jewish cemetery of Preili ( Latvia)
- The  Jewish cemetery of Kraslava ( Latvia)
- The Jewish cemetery of Rezekne (Latvia)
- The Jewish cemetery of Ludza (Latvia).Edited and scanned by Zeeva Levy and Chaim Freedman.
- The Jewish cemetery of  Gostini (Latvia). New
- The Jewish cemetery of Talsi (Latvia)New
- The  Jewish cemetery of Kelme ( Lithuania)
- The  Jewish cemetery of Seduva ( Lithuania)
- The Jewish cemetery of Siauliai (Lithuania)
- The Ternivka mass grave site and the little cemetery (Ukraina)
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