Gorovakha Ravine Related Communities
Slutsk Related Murder Sites
At the market square the Jews underwent a selection, during which several specialists was set apart. The rest of the Jews were ordered to hand over all the valuables in their possession and were then taken to pits in the Gorovakha ravine near the village of Selishche (approximately 10 kilometers west of Slutsk) and shot there. Some of the Jews were locked overnight into barracks and shot on the next day. Figures for the total number of victims of this massacre vary from 3,400 (according to German sources) to 8,000 (according to Soviet sources).