Snihurivka | Mykolaiv

© Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Daria U., born in 1928: “Jewish and non-Jewish children went to school together. I had a Jewish friend, Zosia. Her family managed to evacuate at the beginning of the war.” ©Les Kasyanov/Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Dmytro Sh., born in 1930: “I saw 16 Jewish refugee families from Moldova being arrested. The men were executed at the anti-tank ditch in Snihurivka. I don’t know what happened to the women and children.” ©Les Kasyanov/Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Leonid Z., born in 1928: “Gunfire was heard at night from the small forest near the anti-tank trenches. One morning, I witnessed a group of people, clothed only in white undergarments, being taken to the pit and shot”. © Eric Pellet/Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Daria U., born in 1928, testifies to the YIU team about the fate of the Jews of Snihurivka and the surrounding villages. ©Les Kasyanov/Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Dmytro Sh., born in 1930, shares with YIU team his memories of the fate of the Jews from Snihurivka, Kalynivka end Jewish refugee families from Bessarabia. ©Les Kasyanov/Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Leonid Z., born in 1928, leads the YIU team to the anti-tank ditch where Jews from Snihurivka and nearby villages were executed in 1941. He also recalls the shooting of young Jewish men, likely new conscripts, at this site. © Eric Pellet/Yahad - In Unum © Guillaume Ribot - Yahad-In Unum Dmytro B., born in 1928 : "Jewish POWs were brought here several times and shot in the anti-tank ditch. I believe this place was chosen because the small surrounding forest hid the shootings from the villagers." © Eric Pellet/Yahad - In Unum

Execution of Jews in Snigurivka

1 Killing site(s)

Investigated by Yahad:
2006
Memorials:
No
Period of occupation:
1941-1944

Nearby villages

  • Slyvyne
  • Kuybysheve
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