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Murder Story of Mashevo Jews in Buka

Murder Site
Buka
Ukraine (USSR)
At least 3 Jews from Mashevo were taken by Germans in vehicles to the nearby village of Buka in October 1942 and shot there.
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Yakov Koshtan, who was born in 1906, testified:
Documentation of the State Extraordinary Commission to Investigate Nazi War Crimes Committed in the Soviet Union regarding the murder and persecution of residents of the Priluki and Semenovka Districts, 1944
… In October 1942 three civilian residents of our village were shot Question: Who shot them, who were these residents , and what was the reason for shooting them? Answer: They were shot by an SS murder squad. I am not certain why they were shot, [apparently] because their nationality was Jewish. Question: Do you know who these residents were, their surnames, first names, and their patronymics? Answer: 1. Golda Borisovna Katzman; 2. Riva Katzman; 3. Boris Katzman. Question: Under what circumstances were they shot? Answer: A murder squad came to our village. Apparently someone informed them that some Jews were living in our village. They were put into a vehicle, taken out of the village, and shot….
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-78-37 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19995
Buka
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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