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Murder story of Pliskov Jews in the Pliskov Prison Courtyard
Murder Site
Prison Courtyard in Pliskov
Ukraine (USSR)
About 120 Pliskov Jews who succeeded in escaping the massacre of October 1941 but were discovered by Germans or local auxiliary policemen were taken to the police prison in the building of the prewar NKVD county office. After being abused, the victims were taken in groups out to the prison yard and shot to death.
Related Resources
ChGK Soviet Reports
ChGK Soviet Reports from Pliskov
…In 1941 120 people were shot in 5 pits near the building of the former NKVD county office….
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-54-1269 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19690
From the Testimony of Zyama Grimber, who was born in 1912:
... On October 22, 1941 120 innocent Soviet civilians of Jewish origin who were caught at various times in groups by the German police in the town of Pliskov were shot …
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-54-1269 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19690
Prison Courtyard in Pliskov
prison
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
49.366;29.283
Videos
Tsilia Rabinovich was born in 1925 in Pliskov and lived there during the war years
USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, 32533 copy YVA O.93 / 32533