The first murder operation against the Jews of Raygorodok took place in September 1941. The Gendarmerie, along with the local police force, arrested sixty Jews, while sparing the Jewish artisans. The victims were loaded onto trucks and taken out of the village. According to some Soviet reports, they were driven into an area near the Raygorodok Forest, where they were shot dead. The victims' possessions were looted shortly afterward.

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