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Murder story of Luginki Jews at the Luginy Railway Station

Murder Site
Luginy Railway Station
Ukraine (USSR)
A group of twelve Jewish residents of Luginki were arrested in the village of Krasnostav, some twelve kilometers from Luginy. The victims were later taken to the Luginy railway station and shot. According to Soviet reports, there were both adults and children among the victims. The exact date of this murder operation remains unknown.
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Nadezhda Pokhalenchuk, who was born in 1924 in the village of Luginki and lived there during the war years, testifies:
Documentation of the Extraordinary State Commission for Investigation of Nazi War Crimes in the Soviet Union from 1943-1945 regarding crimes committed in the area of Luginy in the Zhitomir district
Q. How many Jewish families from Luginki were shot by the Fascists? A. Five Jewish families = twelve persons. The Germans arrested them in the village of Krasnostav (but they were actually residents of the village of Luginki: Leyka Trosman, [name unclear], Gudya Trosman, Pirka Trosman, and Yevdokiya Trosman) and shot them at the Luginy [railway] station.
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-60-301 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19705
The ChGK report from Luginki
Documentation of the Extraordinary State Commission for Investigation of Nazi War Crimes in the Soviet Union from 1943-1945 regarding crimes committed in the area of Luginy in the Zhitomir district
A list of residents of the Luginki rural council who were shot and burned alive: 8. Nutka Trosman, born 1880 shot in July 1941 9. Dunka Trosman, born 1896 likewise 10. Yutsko Trosman, born 1880 11. Pirke Trosman, born 1885 […] 17. Gudya Trosman, born 1919 18. Rivka Trosman, born 1880 […] 21. Yelchik Keselman, born 1907 22. Merya Keselman, born 1908 23. Nyuma Keselman born 1934 24. Yasha Keselman, born 1937
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-60-301 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19705
Luginy Railway Station
railway station
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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