Murder Story of Gadyach Jews in Goncharskiye Yarki

German reports state that there were 120 Jews left in Gadyach in mid-November, 1941. According to other sources, on January 9 or 10, 1942 dozens of Jewish women and children were collected in the center of the town. The children were forced onto a truck. A Gestapo man poisoned them with morphine ointment put under their nose. After that the children were taken to Goncharskiye Yarki and, half dead, were buried in pits. The women and old people were taken separately by truck to the same location, forced to undress, and then shot. Other sources report the number of Jewish victims from Gadyach, together with Jews from Zenkov, as 280. Another murder operation was conducted in April, 1942. The Germans issued an order about the supposed evacuation of the Jews for resettlement. Most local Jews assembled at the collection point and were taken by truck to Goncharskiye Yarki. These people were shot the same night. Those who did not appear at the collection point and hid in the town were tracked down and shot outside of the town.