In November 1941 a number of Jews were arrested by a German murder squad and shot to death near the nail factory. According to some testimonies individual Jews were also shot at the same murder site in December 1941. The total number of the victims and the exact dates of the shootings are unknown.
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From the testimony of Ivan Kopanskiy, who was born in 1885 and lived in Rechitsa during the war years:
In the month of November 1941 a German murder squad …began the mass shooting of the Jewish population. I personally know that the German officers from the murder squad arrested Kutikov (whose first name and patronymic I do not know), his wife Kutikova, I do not know her first name or her patronymics either, and the Korotkins - five people…. By origin these people, mentioned above, were Jewish; they were taken into custody and later shot to death near the nail factory and buried there. I personally know that in the same month and year many civilians of Jewish origin from Rechitsa town were arrested by the German murder squad: they were shot to death near the nail factory and buried there….I am also aware of the fact that in the month of December 1941 the civilian Vikendeyeva, a doctor, a Jewish woman, was arrested by German officers and shot at the nail factory… in November 1941.
I personally saw how a 22-year-old Jewess named Hanna … was arrested and shot to death near the nail factory during the same month.