Murder story of Voronezh Jews in the Voronezh Area

During the eviction of Jewish residents from Voronezh the Germans murdered many of them. For example, the Krivcher – Gurevich family, consisting of 6 people, including 3 young children, was shot at no. 45 Cheluskintsev Street. E. Larina, a neighbor of the Krivchers, testified as follows: "When the Germans evicted us, they checked the "nationality" line of the passports [i.e., identity cards]. During this passport check the Germans found out that the sisters whose last names were Krivcher and Gurevich were Jewish. They were immediately detained and taken to a yard, together with their children. Then I heard shots." When Voronezh was liberated, the bodies of the Krivcher and Gurevich sisters and of their children, who had been brutally shot by the Germans, were found in the yard of house no. 45 [on Chelyuskintsev Street].

The Germans shot the old Jews Y. Ioffe and his wife Y. Ioffe on Sredne -Moskovskaya Street. A witness of the shooting, N. Markina, testified: "A group of drunken German soldiers dragged out the old Ioffe couple. Shouting 'Jude,' [the Germans] pushed them with bayonets into a yard. Several minutes later I heard shots. I looked into the yard and saw the murdered old Ioffes lying there. The German soldiers were looking through their pockets."