Former murder site of Yurovichi Jews in the trench in Yurovichi area.. Photographer: Vadim Akopyan, 2007.
Vadim Akopyan, Minsk, Copy YVA 15742479
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Murder story of Yurovichi Jews in the Yurovichi Area
Murder Site
Yurovichi Area
Belorussia (USSR)
Jews of Yurovichi who remained alive after the first murder operation were assembled at the market square and then taken in groups by truck to ditches on the outskirts of Yurovichi on November 27, 1941. The Jews were forced to take off their clothes. The third murder operation of Yurovichi's Jews took place in early December 1941. According to the Soviet report, 207 children, 107 old people, and 100 adults were murdered in the two German operations.
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ChGK Soviet Reports
ChGK Soviet Reports from Yurovichi
On November, 27 1941 and later, at the beginning of December 1941, the Germans committed a second and third massacre of the Jewish population in the same way. This time also the population was forced to [assemble at] the market square, and was taken in groups by truck to ditches on the outskirts of Yurovichi, where they were shot dead. In this way 207 children, 107 old people, and 100 adults of Jewish nationality were murdered...
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-91-15 copy YVA M.33 / JM/20018
Ivan Mitskevich, who was born in 1898, testified:
On November 27, 1941 there was a second massacre of the Jewish population. It was initiated by the German gendarmerie and carried out by the police. This time the Jews were assembled on the market square, taken at gun point to a ditch, and also shot dead. The third massacre took place at the beginning of December 1941. All the civilians were forced to undress, and then taken at gun point to ditches, where they were shot dead...
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-91-15 copy YVA M.33 / JM/20018
Yurovichi Area
vicinity
Murder Site
Belorussia (USSR)
51.949;29.552
Photos
Former murder site of Yurovichi Jews in the trench in Yurovichi area.. Photographer: Vadim Akopyan, 2007.
Vadim Akopyan, Minsk, Copy YVA 15742479