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Murder Story of Urozhaynoye Jews at the Southern Bridge in Urozhaynoye
Murder Site
Southern Bridge in Urozhaynoye
Russia (USSR)
After the German occupation of the village, rumors spread about the murder of some Jews. Those rumors were confirmed at a council meeting of the village. The non-Jewish residents were warned against hiding Jews: It was made clear that if a person hid a Jew he, along with his family, could expect to be executed by the occupation authorities. During the night of September 14, 1942, Jews who had sought refuge in Urozhaynoye were taken to a bridge south of the village. There, under the supervision of German authorities, local policemen shot to death 30 Jews.
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Soviet Reports
Report on the partisan activities by the Secretary of the Committee of the VKP(b) of [Ordzhonikidze] Krai, October 25, 1942.
... The native of the village of Urozhaynoye Alexander Shiyanov was called a "butcher" by members of the [local] collective farm. On many occasions in the past he had been tried by a Soviet court for robbery, avoidance of service in the Red Army, and speculation. This Shiyanov had beaten kolkhoz members; together with a Gestapo officer, he killed women, elderly people, and children. During a single night, on September 14, 1942, they shot to death 30 people - women, old people, and children, all of them Jews - at a bridge in the village of Urozhaynoye....
RGASPI, MOSCOW 69-1-619 copy YVA M.40 / 20
Southern Bridge in Urozhaynoye
bridge
Murder Site
Russia (USSR)
44.55;44.47