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Murder Story of Krasnostav Jews at the Jewish Cemetery in Krasnostav
Murder Site
Krasnostav Jewish Cemetery
Ukraine (USSR)
During the round-up of Jews on August 28 or 29, 1941 several Jews managed to hide in the local clubhouse. After being turned in on the same day to the authorities, they were taken and shot to death at the Jewish cemetery of the town.
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Written Testimonies
From the testimony of the Ukrainian Stepan Ilchuk, who was born in 1910 and who was living in Krasnostav during the German occupation
… 4 people managed to hide in the clubhouse [during the murder operation]: Volf Kelerich, Leonid Kholostoi, Kharbei [Kharbash] Bein, and Shistelman, but someone turned them in, so on the same day they were taken to be shot, but this time at another place, at the Jewish cemetery [of Krasnostav]. …
David Hoshkis, ed., Bleeding Wound, Slavuta, 1996, p.71 (Ukrainian).
Krasnostav Jewish Cemetery
Jewish cemetery
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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