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Murder Story of Rechitsa Jews in Bronnoye
Murder Site
Bronnoye Area
Belorussia (USSR)
Some sources report that in October 1941 a group of 20 Jews, including young children, who escaped from Rechitsa by cart, following the abusive and hostile treatment toward the Jewish population. When they were about 6-8 kilometers from the town, residents of Bronnoye village attacked them with axes, crowbars, and pitch forks. All the Jews were murdered and their possessions were looted. The bodies were buried by the murderers in the vicinity of the site. Another murder operation in the vicinity of the village apparently took place in December 1941, when a group of about 20 Jews was driven from Rechitsa in the direction of Bronnoye. Apparently, they were shot in the vicinity of this village.
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From the book "History of a Jewish Townlet of South-eastern Belarus" by Albert Kaganovich
Probably during the same period [October 1941], several Jewish families (Shmuel Frenkel's family – five people including a 3-year-old child and Manya Yerenbur, with her 1-year-old son, and others), a total of about 20 people, escaped from Rechitsa by cart. When they had gone 6-8 kilometers from Rechitsa, residents of Bronnoye village attacked them with axes, crowbars, and pitchforks. All the Jews were killed, including the young children. The murderers buried the mutilated bodies nearby. After the war Ester–Frada Koparovskaya revealed what had been done and some of the murderers were imprisoned. [However,] they were amnestied by Beria in March 1953.
Albert Kaganovich, ed., Rechitsa: History of s Jewish Townlet of South-eastern Belarus (Jerusalem, 2007), pp 296 - 297 (Russian).
Bronnoye Area
Murder Site
Belorussia (USSR)
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