The Chubarov well site. Photographer: Mikhail Tyaglyy, 2011.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14615569
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Murder Story of Kamenka Jews at the Chubarov Well
Murder Site
Chubarov Well
Russia (USSR)
In January 1942, during the first days of the German occupation of Kamenka, Germans gathered 61 Kamenka Jews on the outskirts of the village and told them that they were going to take a bath outside the village and, therefore, should bring with them a change of clothes. The Jews were taken by truck to the Chubarov farmstead, about 500 meters northwest of Kamenka, forced to undress, and shot to death together with the Jews from Yudendorf village by an SD detachment. Their bodies were thrown into a well there.
Related Resources
Written Testimonies
ChGK Soviet Reports
Klara Muzichuk, a local Jewish resident of Kamenka, related:
Interview by Mikhail Tyaglyy in 2011
-Did they shoot anyone in Kamenka itself, or did they take the Jews from there elsewhere?
- They [the Germans] took them here and shot them here. They said they were taking them to the bath house. And when they brought them here, they started to throw them into the well. They shot them…
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Chubarov Well
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Murder Site
Russia (USSR)
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The Chubarov well site. Photographer: Mikhail Tyaglyy, 2011.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14615569