At the end of January (January 13, according to the inscription on the monument at the murder site) or the beginning of February, 1942 the Jews of Mayfeld and those living on the surrounding kolkhozes were ordered by the Germans to assemble in the building of Mayfeld's prewar Yiddish school and to bring with them food for three days, their valuables, and clothes - on the pretext that they were going to be resettled in Kherson. The assembled Jews were locked into the building for several days and robbed of their valuables. At the beginning of February 1942 they were taken out of the building, ordered to undress, and taken in groups by truck to a vineyard on the outskirts of Mayfeld. There they were shot at an anti-tank trench. The women, children, and old people were murdered first, while the men were initially spared to bury the bodies of the others. The total number of victims is estimated at between 1,000 and 1,800, including about 200 Jews from Mayfeld itself. Those in charge of this massacre were members of the Dzhankoy SD office while the actual shooting was carried out by local policemen.

More information: Yad Vashem