Murder Story of Malaya Viska Jews at the Lyutsiy Forest Well

... In February 1942 the German occupiers carried out mass shootings of Jews and Russians seven kilometers from Malaya Viska, in the area of the Anikeyevskoye Forest area called the Lyutsovskiy Forest. A total of 96 people were shot to death in the course of three days. The dead bodies were thrown into a well while those wounded but still alive were also thrown in. Prior to the shooting the people's clothes and shoes were taken away and were later looted....

The Jewish population [of Malaya Viska County] suffered most from the brutal actions of the German authorities. 189 Jews - men, women, and children - were tortured to death and shot there. In December 1941, following orders from the county head…, the gendarmerie head,… and the police chief… 134 surviving Jews were taken to the Lyutsiy Forest located 10 kilometers from the village of Malaya Viska. There was an 18-meter-deep well there in the forest. The victims were driven close to the well and then forced to jump into it from trucks. The people were shot while they were jumping. Those who were not murdered this way fell into the pit alive….