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Murder story of Antoniny Jews in the Antoniny Area

Murder Site
Antoniny Area
Ukraine (USSR)
Apparently in 1941 or 1942, at least several Jews were murdered and buried in a pit in the town.
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The ChGK report from Antoniny
Documentation of the Extraordinary State Commission for Investigation of Nazi War Crimes in the Soviet Union from 1944 regarding the murder of and persecution of Jews in the Antoniny district in 1941-1942
... The Commission … compiled the following report: Excavations were carried out today in the town of Antoniny of pits in which were buried civilians who had been killed by the German-Fascist barbarians. The opening of one pit revealed the following: in the pit were discovered three bodies… all of them of men…. The age of one of them was about 65, of the second – 40, and of the third – 80. Further examination revealed that two of them had skulls broken… in the back, i.e., indicating that they had been beaten with a blunt weapon. The remaining clothing, hair, and teeth, as well as testimony of eye-witnesses, established that these civilians who had been brutally tormented by the German-Fascist beasts were the residents of the town of Antoniny - Duvid Keser, Isak Khalpin, and Moisei Mushlin. Examination of the second pit revealed three bodies… two of men and one of a woman…. Examination of the third pit … revealed one body… that of a male of middle age.... According to the testimony of eye-witnesses, the victims who were found by the Commission were killed in 1941-1942....
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-64-793 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19710
Antoniny Area
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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