The Jewish cemetery in Cherikov. Photographer: Alexander Litin, 2008.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14615296
In 1939, 914 Jews (comprising approximately 15 percent of the total population) lived in the town.
The Germans occupied Cherikov on July 17, 1941.
In October (in another version November)1941 all the Jews in Cherikov were taken to the Mostovoye Ravine where they were shot to death. Jews married to non-Jews and children of mixed marriages were killed in a separate murder operation in 1942.
The Red Army liberated Cherikov on October 1, 1943.