The Shoah (1939–1945)
Berezivka shootings
décembre 1941·Berezivka
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Deportees from Odessa and Bessarabia transported to the countryside of the province are shot in groups at the edges of the town, often by units of German settlers armed by the occupier; convoys succeed one another throughout the winter and part of the victims die of cold before reaching the mass graves.
The deportees from Odessa and Bessarabia transported to the rural areas of the province are shot in groups on the outskirts of Berezivka, often by units of German settlers from the region armed and supervised by the occupying forces. The convoys follow one after another throughout the winter; a portion of the victims die of cold in the wagons or on the road before even reaching the pits. The name of the town has remained attached to this particular form of killing, carried out by neighbors.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Ukraine
Jean Ancel, *Transnistria* ; Radu Ioanid, *La Roumanie et la Shoah*.