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Murder story of Yemilchino Jews in the Beryozovy Gay Ravine
Murder Site
Beryozovy Gay Ravine
Ukraine (USSR)
Apparently most of the Yemelchino ghetto inmates was shot in anti-tank trenches in the Beryozoviy Gayy ravine, on the outskirts of the village next to the road to Moklyaki village; today this is Gorkiy Street in the town of Yemilchino. Some sources date the shootings to September – October 1941. Entire families were taken to the shooting site on the pretext of being relocated, first to Novograd Volynskiy and, then, to Palestine. The exact dates of the murder operations directed against the Jews of Yemilchino have not been identified. Several dozen victims were apparently shot at the site, but the exact number is unknown. Later on, in 1942, local people who were identified as former Soviet activists were also shot at the same site.
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Vladimir Dvoretskiy, the head of the Yemilchino County history reserch museum, related:
Interview by Mikhail Tyaglyy in 2015
Here in front of us is a memorial dedicated to the tragic events of September–October 1941 during the occupation of the village. The Jews, who before the war had made up a significant part of the population the village were liquidated by German murder squads in the fall of 1941. According to the testimony of some witnesses this was the largest shooting place. People brought here, entire families. They were deceived, having been told that they were going to Novograd Volynskiy and, from there, to Palestine. There is no precise information about how many people were shot here. Later, in 1942 some Soviet activists were also shot here.
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Vladimir Dvoretskiy, the head of the Yemilchino County history reserch museum, related:
Interview by Mikhail Tyaglyy in 2015
Here in front of us is a memorial dedicated to the tragic events of September–October 1941 during the occupation of the village. The Jews, who before the war had made up a significant part of the population the village were liquidated by German murder squads in the fall of 1941. According to the testimony of some witnesses this was the largest shooting place. People brought here, entire families. They were deceived, having been told that they were going to Novograd Volynskiy and, from there, to Palestine. There is no precise information about how many people were shot here. Later, in 1942 some Soviet activists were also shot here.
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Beryozovy Gay Ravine
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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