Year of birth | 1913 |
Date of arrest | September 1941 |
Place of death | Babyn Yar |
Date of death | September 1941 |
Location of the Stumbling Stone | Vozdvyzhenska St. 44 |
Stumbling Stone installation date | 4 October 2021 |
Yakiv Vynokur was born in 1913 in Kyiv.
Before his marriage, Yakiv lived with his parents Joseph Vynokur, Golda Vynokur, and sister Masiia Vynokur.
He married Anna Semenova. The couple had two children: Larysa Vynokur (born 1935) and Inna Vynokur (born 1941).
Until 29 September 1941, he worked as a garage manager.
In September 1941, when the Germans announced that all Jews had to come to Babyn Yar at a certain time, he went there with his wife and children. On Melnykova Street they met Yakiv’s parents and sister.
A German soldier did not let Yakiv’s wife and children go any further. They said goodbye and returned home. Yakiv, along with his parents, sister, and other Jews, moved on. They never saw each other again.