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Shoah Victims' Faces

More than five hundred photos from different sources.

The tragedy of Drobytsky Yar was reported for the first time by a journalist from newspaper “Vecherniy Kharkov” Victoria Lebedeva in 1989. Archive contains both published and unpublished articles about Drobytsky Yar, readers’ correspondence, stories by the Righteous Among the Nations, eyewitness accounts by the saved ones. Reviews of books, works and studies indicate a high peer appreciation. Numerous eyewitness accounts of the Drobytsky Yar tragedy are cited, some of them are published for the first time. References for all the victims in the martyrology of Drobytsky Yar mentioned in the archive are now linked to the “Archive of V.Lebedeva”

Archive of P. Sokolsky

The main content of the archive consists of various documents and evidence, which formed the basis of the martyrology of Drobytsky Yar. These are memories of a few who managed to avoid death, who knew and remembered the dead - their neighbors, colleagues, and relatives. More than 500 people provided information about the victims of Drobytsky Yar, and are all listed on the website. When examining the archive of P. Sokolsky, new names of victims were established: more than 280 people were previously absent from the martyrology. References for all the victims in the martyrology of Drobytsky Yar mentioned in the archive are now linked to the “Archive of Sokolsky P.”

Davydov's family archive

This is a vast collection of photographs, documents, and newspaper and magazine clippings composed on the issues that in any way associate with the tragedy of the Drobitsky Yar; linked to the initiation of the project, to fundraising, to preparation and construction of the memorial complex. Materials collected in the archive are literary works and artistic creations dedicated to the Drobitsky Yar, polemical notes and eyewitness accounts with specific names. Now, victims identified in our website’s martyrology are also cross-referenced with the “Davydov’s Archives”.

Families

Became available information about deceased members of some families (eg Davydov, Polnarev, Shvartz, Shais, Tunis, Traynen and many others)

Unknown Documents

Unknown documents from the archives of the Kharkiv forensic morgue

Yad Vashem links

For each victim provides links to documents (records) from the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names (Yad Vashem)

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The case of the Zhidovka Gurvich

KhRSA. Fond Р-2987. Opis 1. Delo 42. Sheet 1-2.

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Document No. 1

To the Head of the Personnel Department of the 17th District of the City Administration, Mr. Yurchenko.

Report

The case of the Jewess (Zhidovka) Gurvich is subject to investigation by the Personnel Department. I hereby attach the statement from House Management (D/U) No. 1728.

District Inspector [signature]

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Document No. 2

Resolutions (handwritten diagonally):

• In pencil: To be investigated. Feb 7, 1942.

• In ink: The person mentioned in this statement has died.

March 13, 1942 [signature of the house manager, D/U 1728].

Main text:

To the Guard Department of the 17th District Administration of Kharkiv

From House Management 1728

Leventova-Gurvich Alexandra Grigoryevna has been living in house No. 83, apt. 22 on Pushkinskaya St. since 1933. Before the arrival of the German Army in Kharkiv, she was a Jewess (zhidovka) according to her passport, as testified by the "troika" of this house and the entire population of this house. Everyone in this house knows her as a Jewess. However, after the German Army entered Kharkiv, she now wants to be Russian, claiming that it was mistakenly recorded under Soviet rule, firstly, and secondly, it was better that way because her husband was a Jew (zhid) and his family demanded that there be only Jews in their family. Under Soviet rule, she was a Jewess according to her passport, which she herself does not deny, but after the German Army entered Kharkiv, she was found to have no passport; she claims it disappeared during some bombing.

Currently, she has obtained guarantors and a surety signed by the Burgomaster of the 17th district of Kharkiv, testifying that she is Russian, while her biological daughter is Ukrainian. The only document proving her Orthodox faith is a certificate of completion of accounting courses from before 1917, stating that Leventova Alexandra Grigoryevna is of the Orthodox faith.

She currently resides at 83 Pushkinskaya St. I request the Guard Department of the 17th District Administration of Kharkiv to investigate this case and take appropriate measures.

House Manager, D/U 1728 [signature]

Feb 3, 1942.