In September 1941 Germans assembled Jews of all ages and both sexes from Chkalovo and other villages in Chkalovo County at the building of the Chkalovo orphanage, which was used as a prison during the occupation. Jews, as well non-Jews who were members of the Communist Party, were locked up in the orphanage for several days and then taken in small groups to a pit about 200 meters from the orphanage and shot there. According to eyewitnesses, the total number of victims of this massacre was about 1,000. This mass murder was perpetrated by members of an unidentified SS unit.

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