Event · Murder
Massacre of Stolin Ghetto residents
Seven thousand residents of the Stolin Ghetto were stripped, placed in pits, and shot; the ghetto itself should not be modeled as the victim.
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... והנה בא יום חושך ואפלה, יום ערב ראש-השנה 1942. 7000 נפשות היו אז בגיטו סטולין
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