At the time of the murder operation of September 24 or 26, 1942, some Jewish families hid in specially-prepared shelters while the Germans were gathering up the victims to be shot. When they realized that not all the Jews had been dispatched to the shooting site, the Germans set the ghetto ablaze, hoping to force the remaining Jews out of hiding. Numerous Jews either suffocated to death in the tiny hideouts or were shot in the streets of the ghetto. The exact number of victims remains unknown. According to some testimonies, they were buried at the Jewish cemetery after the liquidation of the ghetto.

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