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Murder Story of Surazh Vitebskiy Jews on the Bank of the Surazka River in Surazh Vitebskiy
Murder Site
Surazka River Bank
Belorussia (USSR)
According to some sources a number of the Surazh Vitebskiy Jews were murdered on the banks of the Surazhka river. The Soviet documents report about the shooting of 447 town's civilians in the late 1941 – early 1942 at the same location but do not mention directly the Jewish origin of the victims.
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ChGK Soviet Reports
The ChGK report from Surazh
In the ravine of the creek [sic] Surazhka to the northeast from Surazh RVK [County Military Commissariat] building in 6 pits there were found 447 soviet civilians, executed by the German occupiers in the late 1941 and the early 1942.
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-84-13 copy YVA M.33 / JM/20004
Surazka River Bank
Murder Site
Belorussia (USSR)
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