Site of the murder of the Jews of Kanev
Lo Tishkakh Foundation, Copy YVA 14616318
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Murder Story of Kanev Jews in Berestovetskiy Yar
Murder Site
Berestovetskiy Yar (Kanev Area)
Ukraine (USSR)
In November 1941 about 150 Jews from Kanev were taken in the direction of Korsun, the county seat, about 40 kilometers southwest of Kanev. According to testimony and evidence gathered by the Lo Tishkakh Foundation, these Jews never reached Korsun, but were shot dead at the Berestovetskiy Yar ravine on the southern outskirts of Kanev. The main or sole perpetrators of the massacre were Ukrainian auxiliary policemen from Kanev.
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Soviet Reports
From the Report of the Kanev municipal council regarding German atrocities in the town, July 22, 1946
…After some time all the Jews were forced into one building, where all of their better belongings were robbed by the [auxiliary] policemen. [Auxiliary policemen] D. Bovshik, Kovalenko, and others took an active part in this.
Jews lived under this terror for about two months and afterwards were taken under guard to Korsun. D. Bovshik, Vlad.[imir?] Kovalenko, Foma Galushka, Mikhail Kulik, and others were guarding the Jews…
DAKO, KYIV R-4758-2-24 copy YVA M.52 / 233
Berestovetskiy Yar (Kanev Area)
ravine
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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Site of the murder of the Jews of Kanev
Lo Tishkakh Foundation, Copy YVA 14616318