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Murder Story of Malaya Viska Jews at the Distillery in Malaya Viska

Murder Site
Distillery in Malaya Viska
Ukraine (USSR)
Three Jews, members of the Brusilovskiy family, the mother and two children, were shot in the area of a distillery. The county chief's wife insisted on the murder and was present during the shooting. The exact date of this murder operation remains unknown.
Related Resources
Soviet Reports from Malaya Viska
Documentation of the Nazi war crimes investigation committees in the Kirovograd region, for the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the murder of the local population, including Jews and Soviet POWs; documents dated, 1944-1946
... The family of the Jew Brusilovskiy - his wife and two young children - were shot near a distillery in Malaya Viska village in the presence of all the employees. The order to shoot the family of Brusilovskiy was given by the county chief police at the insistence of his wife. The latter was present at the arrest [of the family] and she demanded that her husband have the family shot. The desire of the chief's wife was fulfilled. The wife of Brusilovskiy and the two children were shot one after another by a policeman.... At the time of the shooting the 12-year-old girl begged not to be shot to death. She cried and pleaded, while she was weeping [she said]: "I am little, and I am not guilty of anything. Have pity on me." But the county chief's wife insisted that the policeman finish her off as quickly as possible....
DAKO, KROPYVNYTSKYI R-6656-2-1 copy YVA M.52 / 511
Distillery in Malaya Viska
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
48.643;31.639