On February 15, 1942 policemen and Germans surrounded the town of Khashchevatoye. The following day they raided the Jewish homes and forced people outside, ordering them to take their warm clothes and valuables with them. The Jews were then taken to the town club building. There their warm clothes and valuables were taken from them. Then the Jewish victims, in groups of 10-20, were taken to a clay pit 300 meters from the building. First the men were taken, then the women and the children. At the murder site the Jewish victims were forced to kneel next to the pit and were then shot to death. According to some testimonies, several Jewish mothers left their babies in the club building, hoping that the Germans would have mercy on them. When the Ukrainian policemen returned after the shooting and found Jewish children inside, they killed them. Some sources say from 70 to 150 Jewish specialists were left alive after the main murder operation. Several days later they were shot at the same site. Only two people, Riva Tashlitskaya and Isaak Kriss, survived the murder operation.

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