Former murder site of the Fastov Jews in the Kaznovka neighborhood. Photographer: Mikhail Tyaglyy, 2016.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14615657
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Murder Story of Fastov Jews at the Kaznovka Military Barracks
Murder Site
Kaznovka Military Barracks
Ukraine (USSR)
Apparently in early September (in August, according to one testimony), 1941 about 300 Jews of Fastov of all ages and both sexes were taken to the local auxiliary police station. After being abused, the victims were taken by truck to the Kaznovka neighborhood on the southwestern outskirts of Fastov, and shot at a ravine near the former military barracks. The perpetrators of this massacre were members of Sonderkommando 4a of Einsatzgruppe C and local auxiliary policemen.
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German Reports / Romanian Reports
Soviet Reports
ChGK Soviet Reports
The Einsatzgruppen reports
September 11, 1941
Operational Situation Report No. 80
Einsatzgruppe C …In Fastov, where the Secret Field Police, the local commandant's office, and a reserve battalion had already eliminated 30 snipers and 50 Jews, peace was fully restored only after Sonderkommando 4a shot a former terrorist and the entire Jewish population between the ages of 12 and 60, a total of 262 people…
Mallmann, Klaus-Michael. Die "Ereignismeldungen UdSSR" 1941 : Dokumente der Einsatzgruppen in der Sowietunion . Darmstadt : Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2011, p. 444.
Kaznovka Military Barracks
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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Former murder site of the Fastov Jews in the Kaznovka neighborhood. Photographer: Mikhail Tyaglyy, 2016.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14615657