Murder Story of Rozhdestvenskoye Jews in the Wooden Bunker in the Rozhdestvenskoye Area

The investigation of the brutal crimes of the German-Fascist occupiers and their accomplices during the occupation of the village, from August 5, 1942 until the liberation of the village by our valiant Red Army on January 21, 1943. The investigation has determined that, on September 27, 1942, the German-Fascist occupiers began their brutal actions against the Soviet citizens. The citizens were transported through our village in horse carts and automobiles in a westerly direction, to a site beyond the village. There was a deep bunker there, built by our troops before the occupation. When they had reached the site, the merciless, evil butchers separated the men from the women and children. One after another, they [the victims] were beaten and shot dead. All the victims – the dead and the living alike – were thrown into the bunker. The killers tossed them there in a disorderly fashion. The screams of the Soviet citizens could be heard throughout the area. … The investigation indicates that 350 individuals were tortured and executed at the bunker; 75 individuals were killed at the control pool, together with 8 Red Army POWs. This makes for a total of 433 victims.