On November 15 (at the end of summer, according to other sources), 1941 German gendarmes arrived from Belynichi. They and the local policemen assembled the Jews (30 to 60, according to different sources) on the outskirts of the village and took them in the direction of Khotomlyanskoye Lake, 400-500 meters from the village, at the edge of the forest near the quarry. This place was popularly referred to as "Zhidy" [i.e., "kikes" in Russian]. All the Jews were ordered to stop and a selection was carried out. The women, old people, and boys over thirteen were shot. A few Jews, mostly old women and children, were spared then and sent to the Krugloye ghetto. They were murdered during the massacre of the Jews there in 1942.

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