In September 1941 all the population of the Chongar rural council was evacuated to the Kolaysky District of Crimea. As soon as the Crimea was occupied by German troops, most of the refugees returned to Chongar. Some sources report that the Jewish families from Chongar remained in the Crimea; other sources report that they returned home. In any case, 17 Jews, including young children, were taken by truck to Dzankoy and shot there at the end of 1941 or the beginning of 1942. A young teenager managed to avoid being taken to Dzhankoy and escaped to Chongar. However, he was caught there by local policemen and shot in the village of Popovka.

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