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Murder Story of Alekseyevskoye Jews at the Alekseyevskoye Old Mill
Murder Site
Alekseyevskoye Old Mill
Russia (USSR)
On August 23, the German authorities and local policemen arrested twenty-six Jews, including women, children, and elderly people. They were taken to a barn in the village of Alekseyevskoye, where they were held until the next morning, receiving no food and being forbidden to go out to relieve themselves. On the next day, at 3 AM, the Germans and their collaborators took them to an old, disused mill. In its ruins, the Jews were divided into groups of eight and forced to lie face down on the ground. They were shot dead, first with pistols, and then with machine guns.
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ChGK Soviet Reports
The ChGK report from Alekseyevskoye
...On August 23, 1942, upon the orders of the German commandant of Blagodarnoye County, all the Jewish civilians living in the village of Alekseyevskoe were rounded up and held for a day in a barrack. On August 24, at 3 AM, they were taken to the area of the ruins of an old mill.… All twenty-six of them – elderly people, women, and children – had to lie face down on the ground. First, they were shot with pistols, and then machine-gun fire was aimed at them. This was the procedure for every [group of] eight people....
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-17-10 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19920; JM/19921
Alekseyevskoye Old Mill
Murder Site
Russia (USSR)
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