Murder story of Slutsk Jews in the Garden on Monakhov Street in Slutsk

During the first days of the German occupation between 70 and 120 (according to different sources) Jews who were accused of Communist activity were shot in the garden of the school building on Monakhov Street on the northern outskirts of Slutsk. During the occupation the building served as the headquarters of the German field gendarmerie. The victims were taken there by truck, abused, and then forced to stand in groups of 10 to 15 at the edge of pits that Jewish prisoners had been forced to dig. Then the Jews were shot dead. The murderers were members of Einsatzkommando 8B commanded by SS-Obersturmfuehrer Carl Ruhrberg.