In the early morning of August 30, 1941, on the Sabbath, about 1,800 (or according to a German report 2,200) Jews of Minkovtsy were driven out of their homes by Ukrainian policemen and a Gestapo unit and collected at the town's Bazarnaya [Market] Square. They were told to take all their belongings with them since they were supposedly going to be transported to Palestine. Then the Jews were taken in a column, under guard, towards Glubochek village, about 3 kilometers east of Minkovtsy. On their arrival at a ravine about 500 meters beyond the village, in groups of 100, they were made to climb the hill where three pits had been prepared. The old and sick who couldn't walk on foot or climb were shot to death on the spot. Upon their arrival the people were forced to take off their clothes, placed in the pit face down, and shot to death by pistols and sub-machine guns by the 320th Police Battalion. After the shooting residents of Glubochek village were made to cover the pits with earth.

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According to testimony, after the mass shooting at the Glubochek pits, a group of about 25 Jewish young people who had been selected during the shooting was made to collect and sort the clothes of the victims. Upon their return to Minkovtsy, along with the remaining Jews of the town, they were made to perform hard labor. Apparently some time afterwards, they were shot to death at the fat boiling site located beyond the north-west outskirts of the town.

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