Murder story of Pyatka Jews at the Watermill in the Pyatka Area

The Jewish inmates of the Pyatki Ghetto were massacred on October 24, 1941. The Germans, in cooperation with the Chudnov police, raided Jewish homes and other places in search of victims. By 3-4 PM, most of the inmates had been arrested, and they were then convoyed off to the shooting site, being abused and beaten along the way. The victims were led to a riverbank on the northern outskirts of Pyatka, 500 meters from the watermill, and shot dead there. The number of victims of this operation ranges from seventy-four to 200, depending on the source. Apparently, that same day (or three days later, according to other testimonies) seven more Jews were found hiding and shot.