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Murder Story of Gremyach Jews in Leskonogi

Murder Site
Leskonogi
Ukraine (USSR)
On November 25, 1941 at least 3 Jews were shot near the village of Leskonogi by Battalion No. 555 of the 10th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Motorized SS-Brigade.
Related Resources
The ChGK report from Gremyach
Documentation of the Extraordinary State Commission for Investigation of Nazi War Crimes in the Soviet Union from 1944 regarding the murder and persecution of residents of the Gremyach district
… 27. Yakov Kudovich Gorbatkin, age 57, Jewish, a tailor, was shot in the forest near the village of Leskonogi, Gremyach County, Chernigov District on November 25, 1941 by an SS murder squad on orders of the head of the SS murder squad Lieutenant Tsargesa. 28. Zinaida Moiseevna Gorbatkina, age 55, Jewish, a housewife, together with her husband, was shot in the forest near the village of Leskonogi, Gremyach County, Chernigov District on November 25, 1941 by an SS murder squad on the orders of the head of the SS murder squad Lieutenant Tsargesa. 29. Rakhil Yakovlevna Gorbatkina, age 14, pupil, together with her mother and father, was shot in the forest near the village of Leskonogi, Gremyach County, Chernigov District on November 25, 1941 by an SS murder squad on the orders of the head of the SS murder squad Lieutenant Tsargesa.
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-78-7 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19994
Leskonogi
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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