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Murder story of Goryachevodskaya Jews in the Rural Council Area in Konstantinovskaya
Murder Site
The Territory of Rural Authorities in Konstantinovskaya
Russia (USSR)
After the occupation of Pyatogorsk and Goryachevodskaya, the German military set up a POW camp in the area of the rural council of the village of Konstantinovskaya, 8 kilometers northeast of the village of Goryachevodskaya. The local authorities and the German military rounded up Soviet POWs, Jews, and Communist Party members living in the village and took them to that camp. Later, on September 13, 1942, some inmates were ordered to dig twelve pits, mostly for agricultural purposes, but one pit was left empty. On January 7 or 8, 1943, German soldiers shot nine inmates, including five Jewish women, at that empty pit.
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ChGK Soviet Reports
The ChGK report from Goryachevodskaya
Until the evacuation of the people from the Goryachevodskaya region, I worked in the communications department. Under German rule, I, along with the whole department, had to work in the area of the rural council, where the Germans had set up a POW camp. On September 13, some inmates of the camp were ordered to dig twelve pits for beetroots in different spots, but one pit was left unused. On January 7-8, 1943, according to the testimonies of some inmates and workers, this pit was used to bury nine inmates who had been shot by the Germans. Among them, there were four or five women of Jewish nationality.
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-17-10 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19920; JM/19921
The Territory of Rural Authorities in Konstantinovskaya
Murder Site
Russia (USSR)
44.147;43.468