Murder Story of Berdichev Jews at Krasnaya Gora

... On February 25, 1942, following an order of Reichsfuehrer SS and SD Himmler, the Gebitskommissar of Berdichev issued an order that from February 25 to March 1, all the surviving Jews (artisans) were to move to the ghetto at Krasnaya Gora, barracks no. 7. Those found in the streets outside on March 2 would be shot on the spot like dogs. The remaining 350 artisans were moved [to the ghetto]. In May-June 1942, mass murders of the Jews were perpetuated around the county and in [different] settlements. Around 700 young people were brought to Berdichev from Yanushpol, Kozatin, Andrushevka and Ruzhin, and imprisoned in the ghetto. On July 16, 1942 at 4 am, these 700 people were shot in the shooting gallery of the former cavalry regiment no. 14, together with 230 artisans from the ghetto. The German SD and SS men carried out the shooting, together with policemen. The Magyars filled [the pits] with earth. The police head [was] Zelinsky, the SD head [was] Zivert, and his secret agents Zinchenko and Golub. The ten remaining specialists were shot in the vegetable garden, next to the building. In the Dimitrov children’s home, the Germans selected seventy orphans. First, their baptism was arranged, attended by the local [German] authorities together with Gebitskommisar. The following day, all these children were taken by the SD and shot at Krasnaya Gora, seventy in number ....