Murder Story of Novo-Zhitomir Jews on the Shirokoye-Sofiyevka Road

In late December 1942 the inmates of the Shirokoye labor camp, including Jews from Novo-Zhitomir, were lined up and marched from the camp to the Lyubimovka labor camp to construct a section of the Krivoy Rog-Dnepropetrovsk Road. On the way they were joined by Jewish inmates of other labor camps in the area. A short distance from Shirokoye Latvian guards opened fire at the column of Jews. The shooting continued all the way to Sofievka, a stop on the forced march to Lyubimovka, and claimed the lives of at least 200 people. Those who had been wounded were beaten to death with shovels.