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Murder Story of Nikolayev Jews at the Nikolayev City Jewish Cemetery

Murder Site
Nikolayev
Ukraine (USSR)
According to testimonies, some of the Jews who had been ordered to assemble at the Jewish cemetery on September 16, 1941 were murdered then and there.
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From the Judicial Proceedings against Herbert Drabant, 1975-1976:
From the Interrogation of Sandner, former member of Einsatzgruppe D, December 19, 1945: … The unit of the group [Einsatzgruppe D] entered Nikolayev immediately after [its] occupation by German troops. The first action, which I have already mentioned, was the shooting of the Jews. About 3,500-4,000 were shot at the cemetery of the city of Nikolayev …The Jews were shot without any interrogation....
BStU HA IX/11 ARCHIV ZUV 23, AKTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 23, 24, 29, BEIAKTE 2, BEIAKTE 3 copy YVA TR.10 / 2147
Nikolayev
Jewish cemetery
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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