The first massacre of Jews in Chervonoye took place on August 30, 1941. According to some sources, it targeted mostly men. Prior to the shooting, the victims were assembled in the local market square. From there, they were led in four columns, through the area of the local sugar factory, to a ravine in the forest south of the village, where they were shot by Reserve Police Battalion 82. This operation claimed the lives of sixty-four people. Prior to the shooting, the Germans confiscated the victims' valuables. According to some sources, the remaining Jews of Chervonoye, who numbered between 200 and 318, were shot in April 1942 – apparently in the same forest, near the first murder site. However, no concrete information about the latter event has come to light so far.

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