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Murder Story of Bratslav Jews on the Bank of the South Bug River in Bratslav
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South Bug River in Bratslav
Ukraine (USSR)
In the second half of 1941 a number of inmates of the Bratslav ghetto were taken by local auxiliary policemen to the bank of the South Bug River and shot there. The bodies were thrown into the river. It is unknown how many people were murdered in this way.
On December 31, 1941 or January 1, 1942, during the deportation of the inmates of the Bratslav ghetto to the Pechora camp, about 20 Jews who had tried unsuccessfully to hide in Bratslav were caught. They were also murdered on the bank of the South Bug River and their bodies thrown into the icy water of the river. According to one testimony and to the report of the Soviet Extraordinary Commission, this murder took place in February 1942.
In early 1942 three siblings with the last name Pekar were also shot near the bridge over the South Bug River and their bodies thrown into the river.
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Resources.tabstitle.chgk Soviet Reports
The ChGK report from Bratslav
… In 1942, in February, 20 people were shot at the Bug River and [their bodies] thrownd into the icy water near Mill No.1 of the town of Bratslav:
[Among the victims were the following:]
1. Moisei Mazhbits
2. Runya Mazhbits
3. Zus Vaks
4. Anna Borukh
5. Liza Borukh
6. Genya Naumovna Kogon
7. Isaak Kupershmid
8. Sonya Podlubnaya
9. Benya Branovskiy, and his wife
10. Israel Mandel
11. [a woman named] Furer, the daughter of Yosef, with her small child
12. Genya Vaks, with her child
13. Shelya Meykler
The names of the rest [of the victims] are unknown….
In early 1942 three siblings - Shelya Pekar, Motya Pekar, [and] Betya Pekar - were shot and thrown into the Bug River at the bridge....
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-54-1241 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19689
South Bug River in Bratslav
river bank
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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Evgeniya Tsirulnikova was born in Bratslav in 1927 and lived there during the war years (interview in Russian)
USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, 31784 copy YVA O.93 / 31784
Evgeniya Spektor was born in Bratslav in 1934 and lived there through the war years (interview in Russian)
USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, 30029 copy YVA O.93 / 30029