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Murder Story of Vinnitsa Jews in Sheremetka
Murder Site
Sheremetka
Ukraine (USSR)
On September 13 (in October, according to some testimonies), 1941 Jewish families whose members totaled about 1,000 were assembled under the pretext of being sent to work. The victims were driven southwest of the city and murdered in the area of the villages of Sheremetka and Medvezhye Ushko.
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ChGK Soviet Reports
ChGK Soviet Reports from Vinnitsa
… On September 13, 1941… 1,200 people were shot outside the village of Sheremetka. Among those shot were 2 members of the Polishchuk family; 3 members of the Maidelman [family]; 2 members of the Manzon [family]; 2 members of the Gart [family]; and 3 members of the Matilmud [family]....
TsDAVOU, KYIV 4620-3-254 copy YVA M.53 / 98
From the Statement of Psychiatrist Tatyana Fisher about German atrocities in Vinnitsa:
…In October 1941 a murder squad of the occupiers arrived in the city of Vinnitsa, carried out a roundup of the entire Jewish population, which was loaded onto trucks and driven outside the city, and then shot near by the village of Sheremetka.
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-54-1341 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19942
From the Testimony of Lev Shayn:
…On September 13, 1941 about 1,000 people (including women) were assembled, supposedly to be sent to work, loaded onto trucks that were driven to the forest in the direction of Medvezhye Ushko, and shot. Among them were the Polishchuk, Gart, and Manzon families, and others…
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-54-1236 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19688
Sheremetka
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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