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2 unusual facts about Gully of Petrushino


Gully of Petrushino

On October 22, 1941 the Ortskommandant issued an order for all Jewish people to wear a Star of David sign and to register themselves at the Ortskommandantur.

The large groups of citizens (old men, women, communists, young communists, gypsies, Jews, and anyone suspected in aiding the Taganrog resistance movement) were taken from Vladimirskaya Plaza in Taganrog to Petrushino village (near Beriev), where they were shot to death in the Gully of Petrushino (Todesschlucht).



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