ObjektnummerM1996/033:034
BeskrivningIdentification labels for items tagged by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in Ustinovka, Ukraine, in June 1991. The labels refer to ammunition remnants, mostly spent cartridges, uncovered during the excavation of Ustinovka. In the wake of the Australian Nazi war crimes investigations, three sites at Serniki, Ustinovka and Gnivan were excavated in order to find the archaeological and forensic evidence of the heinous crimes perpetrated. The excavations were undertaken by a team from the SIU, headed by Professor Richard Wright, and assisted by Ukrainian officials and soldiers.
Part of a collection of material evidence belonging to the victims and perpetrators of mass killings uncovered during the excavation of three grave sites in Ukraine.
The investigations at Ustinovka centred on the massacre perpetrated outside the village of Israylovka, in the Ustinovka district, sometime between 1 May and 31 July 1942. The remaining Jews in the village were marched two kilometers to a ravine, which served as a killing pit, where they were shot by Ukrainian forces. Afterwards, all children deemed guilty of having Jewish fathers were torn from their mothers, loaded onto a cart and transported to the killing pit where they were murdered.
From 11 to 28 June 1991 the Ustinovka grave was excavated. The remains of approximately 104 adults and 19 children were discovered. Sergeant Steve Horne photographed the site and excavation, and documented all material evidence to be used in a criminal trial. Dr Chris Griffiths, a specialist in forensic dentistry at Westmead Hospital, and forensic specialist Dr Godfrey Oettle assisted in the investigation of the human remains.
In August following the excavation, Heinrich Wagner was charged in Adelaide with killing both adult Jews and Mischlinge children during the 1942 massacre. The Wagner case was dismissed in 1993; Wagner was declared unfit to appear in court.
Part of a collection of material evidence belonging to the victims and perpetrators of mass killings uncovered during the excavation of three grave sites in Ukraine.
The investigations at Ustinovka centred on the massacre perpetrated outside the village of Israylovka, in the Ustinovka district, sometime between 1 May and 31 July 1942. The remaining Jews in the village were marched two kilometers to a ravine, which served as a killing pit, where they were shot by Ukrainian forces. Afterwards, all children deemed guilty of having Jewish fathers were torn from their mothers, loaded onto a cart and transported to the killing pit where they were murdered.
From 11 to 28 June 1991 the Ustinovka grave was excavated. The remains of approximately 104 adults and 19 children were discovered. Sergeant Steve Horne photographed the site and excavation, and documented all material evidence to be used in a criminal trial. Dr Chris Griffiths, a specialist in forensic dentistry at Westmead Hospital, and forensic specialist Dr Godfrey Oettle assisted in the investigation of the human remains.
In August following the excavation, Heinrich Wagner was charged in Adelaide with killing both adult Jews and Mischlinge children during the 1942 massacre. The Wagner case was dismissed in 1993; Wagner was declared unfit to appear in court.
ProduktionsplatsUstinovka, Ukraine
Datum 1991 - 1991
Objektnamnlabels
Materialpaper
Dimensioner
- width: 75.00 mm
height: 50.00 mm
KreditSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the War Crimes Investigation Unit