According to official Soviet documents approximately 1,000 Jews were shot to death in the Jewish cemetery located near Lepel Lake, opposite the Eastern Orthodox cemetery.

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In February 1943 all the Jews were driven from their homes in the ghetto by SS-men. Some of the Jews were shot to death on the spot. Approximately 1,000 were taken by truck, together with the bodies of the dead, to a forest near the village of Chernoruchye, where they were shot to death at silage pits. Another 500 Jews were also shot to death in the area. The grave in the forest was uncovered for a month and a half so that the bodies became prey for wild animals.

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