Usvyaty Lake
On November 8, 1941, five Jewish men were shot in the evening after forced labor for the Germans at the police station. The shooting was carried out at Usvyaty Lake. According to some sources the bodies were left on the ice and buried only some days afterwards.
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Ghetto Square in Usvyaty
On November 9, 1941, approximately 100 Jews were lined up on the ghetto square. They were accused of eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Red Army. The healthiest 34 young Jews were selected and shot on the spot. 28 of them were Jews from Usvyaty; the rest were Jewish refugees from other places. The shooting, with machine-guns, was carried out by three German officers. The bodies were buried at the ghetto square by those Jews who remained alive. About two weeks later the victims were reburied behind the local Russian cemetery.
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