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Murder Story of Daugavpils Jews at Zolotaya Gorka
Murder Site
Zolotaya Gorka
Latvia
In September 1941, shootings were carried out next to the Zolotaya Gorka (Latvian: Zeltkalna); at the former army range, left of the Daugavpils-Riga railroad, opposite the Mezciems railway station; and in the flax factory area. The trenches were dug not only by the victims themselves, but also by Red Army soldiers, prisoners of war. Most of the shootings took place in the evening twilight hours.
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ChGK Soviet Reports
The ChGK report from Daugavpils
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3) in the area of the Zolotaya Gorka, in July 1941, thirty graves measuring 15-20 x 3 meters, 2.5-3 meters deep, were dug in the sands of an artillery range. During August-September 1941, some 15,000 people, both civilians and war prisoners, were shot there ....
LATVIJAS VALSTS ARHIVS - LATVIA, RIGA R132-30-13 copy YVA M.43 / JM/11363
Zolotaya Gorka
Murder Site
Latvia
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