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Murder story of Makeyevka Jews in the Makeyevka Area
Murder Site
Makeyevka Area
Ukraine (USSR)
Nokhim Yoffe was murdered by a Ukrainian policeman in Makeyevka on January 12, 1943 (according to Soviet reports) or in 1942 (according to one testimony).
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Written Testimonies
ChGK Soviet Reports
Testimony given by Rozalia Zolotnizkaya to Yad Vashem about her relatives who were killed in Ukraine
April 1993
… Nokhim Ioffe, was born in 1870. He lived in the village of Makeyevka, Nezhin County [the current name of the County], Chernigov District, Ukraine and was shot in the same location by Germans in 1942. He was the only Jew in the village. He was tied to the tail of a horse and someone rode the horse across the fields while he was dragged behind on the ground. "They were killing him this way", reported a witness …
YVA O.41 / 398
Makeyevka Area
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
50.670;31.834