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Murder story of Askaniya Nova Jews in the Sand Pits in the Askaniya Nova Area
Murder Site
Sand Pits near Askaniya Nova
Ukraine (USSR)
On March 15, 1942, Askaniya gendarmes shot 200, according to some sources 240, Jews in the area of sand pits 700 meters southeast of Askaniya Nova. The number included the Jews brought there from Grigorovka village and probably from other places. The Jewish women, children, and old people were taken from prison to the shooting site in groups of 10-15.
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ChGK Soviet Reports
Evgeniya Naumenko, who was born in 1890 and lived in Askaniya Nova during the war years, testified:
I saw groups of 10-15 people -- helpless women, children, and old people -- taken from the prison to be shot. The shooting took place at sand pits 700 meters southeast of Askaniya Nova…
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-77-417 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19993
Ivan Ternavsky, who born in 1905 and lived in Askaniya Nova during the war years, testified:
In addition, during 1942 German gendarmes shot Jewish families, old people, women, and children. The shooting lasted until late in the evening southeast of Askaniya Nova. The bodies of the people who had been shot were dug in the sand pits. A total of at least 200 Jews were shot there.
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-77-417 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19993
Sand Pits near Askaniya Nova
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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