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Murder Story of Glussk Jews at the Myslotino Hill

Murder Site
Myslotino Hill
Belorussia (USSR)
Murder site at Myslotino Hill. Photographer: 	Alexander Litin, 2009.
Murder site at Myslotino Hill. Photographer: Alexander Litin, 2009.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14615470
On December 2, 1941, in the morning, the Germans ordered all the Jews of Glusk to assemble on Sovetskaya Square to be registered. Some of those assembled were pushed into gas vans, others - numbering between 1,000 and 2,000 people (according to different sources) were taken on foot to a hilly area near Myslotino village several kilometers from the town of Glusk. There pits had been prepared. Groups of Jews were taken to the pits, placed in rows at the edges of the pits, and shot dead. The perpetrators of this massacre, which lasted two days, were apparently members of Einsatzkommando 8B and local auxiliary policemen.
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Alexandra Kagan, who was born in Glusk and lived there during the war years, testified:
On December 1, 1941 the Germans summoned all the Jewish population to appear on December 2 at 8 AM at Sovetskaya Square for registration. When the people arrived, they were all forced into the school, which was then locked. On December 3 they were taken to be executed. When they led us to execution I, my sister Fanya, and my brother Gimek started to run. The Germans killed my sister and brother. I reached the forest and hid there.
YVA O.33 / 4873
Myslotino Hill
hill
Murder Site
Belorussia (USSR)
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Mikhail Graifer, who was born in Glusk in 1932 and lived there during the war
USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, 24022 copy YVA O.93 / 24022
Galina Gelfer, who was born in Glusk in 1927 and lived there during the war
USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, 41224 copy YVA O.93 / 41224
Serafima Kur, who was born in 1922 in Glusk and lived there during the war, part 1
USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, 47498 copy YVA O.93 / 47498
Serafima Kur, who was born in 1922 in Glusk and lived there during the war, part 2
USC SHOAH FOUNDATION, 47498 copy YVA O.93 / 47498