On January 21, 1942 the Jews of Mglin was taken to the local prison, where they suffered from starvation, the freezing cold, and beatings. They also had to perform had labor. According to some sources, about 60 people died from these conditions. Their bodies remained unburied next to those still alive. On March 2, 1942, early in the morning, the surviving Jews of Mglin, a total of about 600 people, were taken to the public garden. There they were forced to undress in a shed and shot in the back of the head. The young children were beaten and then thrown into the pit alive. Some sources mention seven more Jews who were found hiding the day after the mass shooting. They were shot by the head of the local prison the same day.

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