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Murder story of Bekeshevskaya Jews in the Bekeshevskaya Area
Murder Site
Bekeshevskaya Area
Russia (USSR)
After the Germans had occupied the village, they subjected the local Jews to beatings and abuse. The Jews were starved and sent to perform forced labor. The occupiers later confiscated their property.
On December 12, 1942, the German military rounded up the Jews who had not starved to death, assembled them in the central square of the village, herded them into several vehicles, and took them to the outskirts of the village, where they were shot with machine guns. The victims were probably murdered in a specially prepared pit.
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ChGK Soviet Reports
The ChGK report from Bekeshevskaya
Upon the orders of the German commander Borend, all the Jewish citizens who had resided in the area of the village of Bekeshevskaya were subjected to harsh and horrible living conditions.
The German villains robbed all of them and forced them to work night and day. They [the Jews] were forbidden to purchase any foodstuffs. Many people suffered from hunger and starved to death. Most of them underwent torture. Upon the orders of the commander Paul, all the Jewish residents of the village of Bekeshevskaya, 72 people in total, were assembled in the central square of Bekeshevskaya on December 12, 1942. They were loaded onto large vehicles and driven to the outskirts of the village, where they were shot dead.
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-17-12 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19921
Bekeshevskaya Area
Murder Site
Russia (USSR)
44.07;42.26