In December 1941, a number of Jews from Gorlovka, including women and children, were shot. Some testimonies identify the Kirpichnaya mine as the site of this murder operation.

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In May-June 1942, the Jews of Ordzhonikidze [which would be renamed "Yenakiyevo" in 1943] were brought to Gorlovka in trucks. According to some testimonies, the Germans kept bringing them for several days. The victims were taken to a mine, apparently in the vicinity of Gorlovka, and were either thrown down the mine shaft alive, or shot prior to being thrown down the shaft. Soviet documents indicate that some 480 Jews from Yenakiyevo were murdered in this operation.

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