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Murder story of Demidov Jews in the Demidov Central Square
Murder Site
Demidov
Russia (USSR)
In early March (or, according to other sources, in April), 1942 some Demidov Jews were shot to death at the town's central square. The exact number of victims is unknown.
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ChGK Soviet Reports
Sofiya Soinskaya (née Peyko), who was born in 1921 in Demidov, testified:
There used to be a park on the square where today a shopping center is located. There Anya Gelina, Syoma Khazanov, and many others were shot. Witnesses told me about it.…
Iosif Tsynman, The Smolensk District Baby Yars, Smolensk, 2001, pp. 107-108 (Russian)
Demidov
Central Square
Murder Site
Russia (USSR)
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