Krasnoye village murder site, contemporary view. Photographer: Alexander Litin, 2018.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14614602
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Murder Story of Gomel Jews in Krasnoye
Murder Site
Krasnoye
Belorussia (USSR)
According to testimonies, Gomel Jews who had apparently succeeded in evading the large-scale massacres, but were [subsequently] discovered by local auxiliary policemen, were taken to the SD headquarters on Stolyarnaya Street in the center of the city. From there, they were taken by truck to an anti-tank trench near the village of Krasnoye, about 8 kilometers northwest of Gomel, and shot. The number of Jews murdered near Krasnoye is unknown.
Related Resources
ChGK Soviet Reports
Sergey Semyonov, who was born in 1915 and served as an auxiliary policeman in Gomel during the war years, testified at the Soviet juridical proceedings:
...The SD was engaged mainly in repressions against the Jewish population. The entire Jewish population of the city of Gomel was arrested with the assistance of Russian policemen. From the SD [headquarters], the Jews were taken in covered trucks to an anti-tank trench not far from the village of Krasnoye...
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-85-256 copy YVA M.33 / JM/20007
Krasnoye
Murder Site
Belorussia (USSR)
52.274;30.542
Photos
Krasnoye village murder site, contemporary view. Photographer: Alexander Litin, 2018.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14614602