Mykolaivka | Dnipropetrovsk

/ Anastasia A. remembers that sometimes the Jews were forced to throw stones at their friends before the shooting © Miguel Madonado -Yahad-In Unum Alexandra L. remembers that the Germans forced the Jews to set of the ground with their hands to bring it near the well © Miguel Madonado -Yahad-In Unum © Miguel Madonado -Yahad-In Unum Galina K. remembers that the executioners smoked after the shooting © Miguel Madonado -Yahad-In Unum

Execution of Jews in Mykolaivka

1 Execution site(s)

Kind of place before:
Ravine
Memorials:
Yes
Period of occupation:
1941-1943

Witness interview

Anastasia A. remembers: "The Germans shot the Jews at face in group of fours or fives before throwing them in the well " as of the cattle "." (Witness N°1050, interviewed in December, 2010)

Historical note

Mykolaivka is a small village, north of the city of Nikopol. The village was under German occupation between 1941 and 1943.

Holocaust by bullets in figures

Some tens of Jews coming from different agricultural Jewish colonies were shot during different actions, in a ravine close to the village of Mykolaivka. Then the bodies were thrown into a well of the ravine and covered with earth.

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