TERMS OF USE AND REFERENCES
Content
This map indicates the sites of mass execution sites located by Yahad teams at which the Nazis and their allies murdered Jews in towns and villages throughout Eastern Europe.
Each site includes a link to a brief profile and research findings for each location.
Site profiles are being added incrementally each month as information is prepared and new sites identified.
Use of content
This website is a non-commercial educational tool. Text, images, and video clips on the website are the copyrighted property of Yahad-In Unum or are the copyrighted property of other individuals or entities.
The content of the website may be used for personal, educational and non-commercial purposes. Any copying or usage of the copyrighted protected materials without the written permission of the owner is prohibited.
Yahad-In Unum makes no representations regarding the accuracy of the translation. The reader may wish to refer to the original material for verification.
Estimated number of victims
1 to 500 victims
500 to 10 000 victims
more than 10 000 victims
Archives
Soviet archives: Soviet archives used in the villagers’ profiles are taken from the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, after war reports about the occupation lead by the Soviet authorities in order to investigate crimes committed by Nazis on the Soviet territory and from the State Security archives of former Soviet republics.
The quotation are the original quotation (State Archives of the Russian Federation).
German Archives: German archives used in the site profiles are from the archives of the German Justice, prosecution files for the trials of the perpetrators.
The quotation are the original quotation (Central Office of the State Justice Administrations for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes).
Polish Archives: Polish archives used in the site profiles are from the Chief Commission for the Examination of Hitler’s Crimes in Poland and the Central Jewish Historical Commission. After the war, the Chief Commission focused on research, examination and prosecution of Nazi crimes. The main task of the Central Jewish Historical Commission was to preserve a record of the gruesome events of the Holocaust.
The quotations are the original quotations (Institute of the National Remembrance and Jewish Historical Institute).