Mines in Makeyevka Area
The first group of Makeyevka Jews were shot in the area of the mines. According to Soviet reports, they were taken to the murder site in trucks. Some sources date the shooting operation to December 1941. It claimed the lives of some 500 Jews, including most of the remaining Jewish men of Makeyevka.
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Kozachyi Barracks
After the first murder operation, the Germans combed Makeyevka for the remaining Jews. About 100 of them, mostly women (including elderly ones) and children, were found and taken to the Kozachiy [Cossacks'] barracks, two kilometers from the center of Makeyevka. There, they were forced to strip naked and shot. The occupiers also targeted the children of mixed marriages, shooting any they could find. Some sources date the operation to early 1942.
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