Murder story of Gorlovka Jews in the Mines in the Gorlovka Area

In May-June 1942, the Jews of Ordzhonikidze [which would be renamed "Yenakiyevo" in 1943] were brought to Gorlovka in trucks. According to some testimonies, the Germans kept bringing them for several days. The victims were taken to a mine, apparently in the vicinity of Gorlovka, and were either thrown down the mine shaft alive, or shot prior to being thrown down the shaft. Soviet documents indicate that some 480 Jews from Yenakiyevo were murdered in this operation.