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Murder story of Sovetskaya Jews on the Bank of the Kura River in Sovetskaya
Murder Site
Kura River
Russia (USSR)
After the occupation of the village, the local police squad began to collaborate with the German army. On a certain day in December 1942, six Jewish evacuees were arrested and taken to the Shirokiy Put collective farm.
There, they were ordered to hand over their belongings to the German soldiers. Then, they were taken to the banks of the Kura River in the south of the village, and shot.
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ChGK Soviet Reports from Sovetskaya
In December 1942, six bodies of Soviet citizens of different ages, including two children, were discovered in the village of Sovetskaya, near the river Kura. It has been ascertained that these Soviet citizens were shot by the German occupiers and their accomplice, police chief Grechukho. The victims of fascism were buried at the site of the execution.
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-17-11 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19921
Kura River
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Murder Site
Russia (USSR)
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