On February 23, 1942, the Jews of Liozno were forced into a barn on Komsomolskaya Street and locked inside. Twenty people froze to death inside the barn. On February 24, 27 and 28, 1942, the Jews were transported by truck to the ravine near the Adamenki sovkhoz, 500 meters northwest of Liozno and 100 meters from the Mashna River, where they were brutally murdered. The murder operation was carried out by Einsatzkommando 9b and local auxiliary police. The number of victims is estimated to be between 361 (according to German sources) and 1,500 (according to Soviet sources).

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When reaching Liozno the Kolyshki Jews were locked in barn and kept there for a day or three, according to various sources. About 20 of them died from cold during the night. Then they were brought by trucks to the shooting site in the Adamenki ravine located at the outskirts of Liozno near the Moshna River bank. There, according to some testimonies, they were forced to undress naked and shot in the ravine. Among the victims were women, children and old people.

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