Jews from Nikopol were murdered on the outskirts of the town near the railway station at anti-tank trenches and in a ravine. About 700 (according to German sources) or 1,000 (according to Soviet sources) Jews of all ages and both sexes were murdered on October 3 and 5, 1941 by members of the Feldgendarmerie, of Einsatzkommando 6 of Einsatzgruppe C, of the 1st SS Infantry Brigade and by local auxiliary policemen. On March 24, 1942 the last of the Nikopol's Jews, numbering 70, according to Soviet sources, or several hundred, according to German sources, and on February 28, 1942 at least 20 Jews who had been deported to Nikopol from Kamenka-Dneprovskaya (Zaporozhye District) were murdered at the same location by members of the Nikopol security police.

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