During the German occupation of Bolshaya Pisarevka, several massacres of local residents took place in the area. Most of the victims were casualties of the German anti-partisan war, but Jewish civilians, too, were murdered on the outskirts of Bolshaya Pisarevka. According to Soviet sources, the German military killed forty-seven civilians, including three Jews, in October 1941.
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ChGK Soviet Reports
ChGK Soviet reports from Bolshaya Pisarevka
In the village of V[elikaya, i.e. Bolshaya] Pisarevka, a six-month-old baby named Tsukernik was murdered together with his mother, Dina Tsukernik, who had worked at the county library before the war.