Murder Story of Vasilyevskiy Jews in the Anti-Tank Trench in the Armavir Area

The following report is based on the depositions made by the citizens Raissa Lvovna Girshovich and Nina Vladimirovna Zaytseva, and on information obtained from other citizens. On September 19, 1942, on the orders of the German commander of the Libknekht County, the local police squad, operating under the authority of the chiefs Odiry and I. V. Shpak, arrested 14 local people, including collective farmers and teachers, of Jewish nationality. These men, women, and children were convoyed off to Armavir, where all 14 of them were shot. The victims were: 1. Rudshtein, Raisa Vainshteina – 44 years old 2. Rudshtein, Evgeniya – 40 years old 3. Mereshko, Serafima – 42 years old 4. Rudshtein, Bella – 48 years old 5. Rudshtein, Basya – 78 years old 6. Geyderovich, Gennadiy – 3 years old 7. Greenberg, Yuzik – 14 years old 8. Greenberg, Basya – 16 years old 9. Girshovich, Lev Borisovich – 68 years old 10. Girshovich, Ginda Solomonovna – 50 years old 11. Girshovich, Berta Lvovna – 19 years old 12. Zabotnik, Hanna Ber – 59 years old 13. Zabotnik, Eva Moisseyevna – 55 years old 14. Rubinshtein, Maria – 41 years old