According to some testimonies at the end of August or the beginnig of September 1941 about 30 – 40 of the strongest men were taken - on the pretext of being sent to work - and shot somewhere outside of Chudnov. A week or two later the Jews were summoned by special messengers to assemble at the local club or cinema building. From there they were taken by truck to the Chudnov public park (some sources say they went on foot), where several large pits had been dug. Before being shot, the victims were forced to undress, beaten, and had their valuables taken away. The first murder operation was carried out on September 9, 1941, when about 800 Jews (according to some sources mostly young ones) were murdered. Jews from nearby villages were taken to Chudnov to be murdered along with the local ones. The second shooting operation took place on October 16, 1941 when, according to some sources,about 700 Jews were killed on that day. The third shooting took place either on October 22 or in mid-November 1941. Some documents state that some Jewish artisans were left alive to work for the Germans. According to some testimonies several boards were placed above pits from one edge to the other. The victims had to step onto the boards and step along them above the pit. Then they were shot and, either wounded or dead, fell into the pits. The estimated number of victims was between 3,000 and 4,000. The murder operations were perpetrated by Germans and local policemen.

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