Very soon after the beginning of the German occupation of Lenino Germans and local policemen assembled between 67 and 77 Jews of both sexes and various ages and took them to the northwestern outskirts of the village, to anti-tank trenches on the banks of the Mereya River (The site is now covered by the estuary of the Lyadnaya River.) There the [adult] Jews were shot while the children were thrown alive into the trenches.

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On October 6, 1941 members of Einsatzkommando 8B arrived in Gorki. First the Germans selected 16 men, took them to the area of Zadorozhye village, and ordered them to dig two graves at a place known as Belyy Ruchey, about a kilometer from the pond at the Gorki agricultural institute. Then about 300 Jews from Gorki and the surrounding area, altogether numbering approximately 2,500 people, were taken to the clubhouse of the institute. They were ordered to take their valuables with them. From the collection point the Jews were taken in groups of 100 to the graves, ordered to undress, and were shot with machine guns. The wounded were finished off with automatic rifle-fire. After the massacre the Germans allowed the local inhabitants to loot the property of the murdered Jews. According to some testimonies, Jewish children from the local orphanage were murdered at the same spot in 1942.

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In Gorki in September 1941 the Germans rounded up a dozen Jewish men, whom they accused of sabotage. The Jews were taken by truck to the village of Bystroye near Gory and were shot to death there.

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