Murder story of Golovanevsk Jews in the Volovik Ravine

... In the month of September 1941 in Golovanevsk village a mass shooting of Soviet civilians – old people, women, and children - was carried out. Prior to the shooting all the civilians were, in an action that was a provocation, ordered to assemble at the Pioneer club building on the pretext of attending a meeting. Those unwilling to come to the club were forced to do so by the police. At the same time, for three days the German Gestapo kept coming in covered trucks and loading the civilians onto te trucks and taking them to the shooting site. The shooting site had been prepared ahead of time 1-1.5 kilometers northwest of Golovanevsk village. The shooting of the civilians was carried out in three locations: the first one was the Volovik Ravine. The people were unloaded from the trucks and forced to kneel in front of the pit. Then they were shot to death from sub-machineguns. The pit was then covered with earth. A total of 570 people, including 167 children, were murdered in this brutal shooting [at the three sites]. The shooting was overseen by the German Gestapo staff that had arrived especially for this purpose. Golovanevsk police chief Torzhevskiy, Sheremet assistant police chief Stratiy, police inspector Sava Rudoy, and other policemen also participated in the shooting. A list of the people shot is attached: The list of the civilians - old people, women, and children - shot by the German Fascist invaders in September 1941 in Golovanevsk village of Odessa District: 1.Kleyman, Yoska age 45, head of the family Roza,; age 42, wife Misha, age 18, son Zhanna, age 15, daughter 2.Ternavskiy, Yankel age 60 head of the family Sluva, age 57, wife 3. Klinov, Lipa, age 72, head of the family Rukhl , age 67, wife