Murder story of Odessa Jews at the Kamennaya Balka ravine

In March 1942, sometime around March 18, a shooting of Soviet citizens deported from Western Ukraine and the city of Odessa took place. The shooting was carried out by German agricultural settlers from Tartakai, under the command of a German officer, and it lasted from evening until dawn. The shooting took place over the Kammenaya Balka ravine, beyond the village of Sakharovka-on the northestern side, some 350-400 meters from the hut of the collective poultry farm. The victims, who had been stripped to the underwear, were shot in groups of 100-150. The total number of victims was about 400, including 190 children. After the shooting, the entire pile of bodies-which may have included some people who were merely wounded, rather than dead-was heaped over with staw, doused with fuel, and set on fire. The victims were shot in the back of the head, with machine guns.