The Shoah (1939–1945)
Shootings in Viazma
automne 1941·Viazma
Toll
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City on the Moscow road taken after an encirclement battle, Viazma sees the Jews who could not be evacuated assembled, marked, then shot in the ruins of the city.
Viazma, a town on the old Moscow road, is caught in the autumn encirclement battle and placed under German military administration. The Jews who could not be evacuated, along with refugees from the west, are registered, marked, then led out of the town and shot.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Russie
Sources
Encyclopaedia Judaica ; documentation de Yad Vashem sur les territoires soviétiques occupés.