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Murder Story of Porkhov Jews at the Polyakova Farm

Murder Site
Polyakova Farmstead
Russia (USSR)
In 1943 more than 40 Jews of Porkhov were killed. The murder site was probably the Polyakova farmstead (near the Porkhov linen factory), where groups of non-Jewish Porkhov civilians were murdered as well.
Related Resources
ChGK Soviet Reports from Porkhov
תעוד של הוועדה הממלכתית המיוחדת לחקר פשעי הנאצים בברית המועצות משנת 1945 על רדיפות ורצח תושפים במחוז Pskov בשנים 1943-1942
... In 1943 the Hitlerites perpetuated a bloody massacre against the Jews. On one night alone more than 40 Jews were shot. Among them were [Jews with the last names] Meyer, Korob, Liberman, Kalem, Tiron, Tsypkin, Kaplan, Pasova, Vitkin, Lyakhovsky, Markhatin. It was impossible to identify the other victims of the Fascist kommandatura....
GAPO, PSKOV R-903-3-110 copy YVA M.62 / 10
Polyakova Farmstead
farm
Murder Site
Russia (USSR)
57.759;29.540