The Shoah (1939–1945)
Massacre of the children of Yeïsk
été 1942·Yeisk
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Port of the Sea of Azov occupied during the advance toward the Caucasus, Yeïsk sees the Jewish residents of an orphanage evacuated and loaded into gas trucks, and the Jewish population of the city shot down in the days that follow.
Yeisk, a port on the Sea of Azov, is occupied during the summer offensive toward the Caucasus. The Jews of the city, along with the residents of an orphanage evacuated from the west, are gathered upon summons and taken away in trucks; the children of the institution are taken with them.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Russie
Encyclopaedia Judaica ; documentation de Yad Vashem sur les territoires soviétiques occupés.