Memorial at the Historical-Cultural Reserve murder site
YVA, Photo Collection, 14615551
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Murder story of Berdichev Jews in the Historical-Cultural Reserve in Berdichev
Murder Site
Berdichev
Ukraine (USSR)
July 1941, some 850 Jews were shot in the course of two days in the area of the Historical-Cultural Reserve. In addition, in late July or the first days of August, approximately 300 Jews were shot by Sonderkommando 4a, later relieved by Einsatzkommando 5. On August 25 or 28, 1941, 546 Jews were shot in the area of the Historical-Cultural Reserve by a special unit of the Higher SS and Police Leader southern front headquarters, headed by Friedrich Jeckeln.
Related Resources
German Reports / Romanian Reports
ChGK Soviet Reports
The Einsatzgruppen Reports from Berdichev
August 9, 1941
Operational Situation Report USSR No. 47
Einsatzgruppe C ... A squad of Einsatzkommando 4a operated in Berdichev before the arrival of Einsatzkommando 5. 148 Jews were executed for looting and for Communist activities. Einsatzkommando 5 shot an additional 74 Jews by this date ....
Arad, Yitzhak, Krakowski, Shmuel and Spector, Shmuel. The Einsatzgruppen reports : selections from the dispatches of the Nazi Death Squads' campaign against the Jews July 1941-January 1943 . New York : Holocaust Library, 1989, p. 80.
Berdichev
historical-cultural reserve
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
49.903;28.594
Photos
Memorial at the Historical-Cultural Reserve murder site
YVA, Photo Collection, 14615551
Historical-Cultural Reserve murder site. Photographer: Mikhail Tyaglyy, 2015.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14615552