Murder story of Stalino Jews in the Nursery Garden in Stalino

[It happened] in autumn 1941, I do not remember the month, after the Red Army troops had left Stalino, and it was occupied by the Germans, who would stay until September 7, 1943. Under their rule, numerous shootings of peaceful civilians took place, and I have personal experience of some of these actions, having witnessed them. My sister, Pelageya Yefimovna Trushakova, lives in the area of the nursery garden behind the noodle factory in the direction of the village of Makeevka. I would often go to visit my sister for various purposes. Once, in fall 1941, in late October-early November, I went to see her. I heard from some women who were standing near their houses (one of them was Nadezhda Gurtova, while the other two were unknown to me) that the Germans had been shooting innocent Russian civilians, mostly Jews. These shootings had taken place mostly in the area of the nursery garden, in pits prepared in advance. Their conversation aroused my curiosity, and I decided to approach the pits and see for myself whether these allegations were true. Petr Ivanovich Malin, who lived in the old neighborhood, joined me. When we approached the pit, it was already filled with the bodies of the Soviet civilians, with a young female body lying at the top. After that incident, I visited the same site several times and saw two additional pits that were also filled with the bodies of peaceful civilians, whom the German officers and soldiers had brought in trucks from Stalino, Makeevka, and nearby mining camps. There were women and children among the bodies. I know the exact location of the three pits that were filled with the bodies of peaceful civilians, and I can point it out. In addition to these three pits, some additional graves of this kind must have been dug in the vicinity of the nursery garden, since the Germans kept shooting civilians in this area during the winter of 1941-1942. Once, I do not remember the month and day, I came to visit my sister and heard shots; I counted 13. I became interested and went out into the yard, where I saw an empty truck and a car driving away from one of the pits. Another truck and a car approached the pit and followed them. The car carried German army officers, and there were civilians in the truck, although I did not count how many. I heard 7 shots, and one could deduce from this that 7 people had been shot. During the shooting, one could hear screams – apparently, young children were being shot together with these people. By spring 1942, no more gunfire was heard in the area of the nursery garden, since the Germans had begun to shoot peaceful civilians in the 4/4 mine, throwing the bodies down the mine shaft. I lived near the mine, and I often heard gunfire in the mine area. Besides, a German who was staying in an apartment next to my house let it slip that 70 people had been shot at the mine in a single day.