“October 13…. Jews were driven somewhere with valuables. They were gathered in “Lux”.

Their fate varies in different ways, but nothing is known for sure: either they were driven into minefields prepared by the Reds for the Germans, having previously taken all their valuables from them, or they were simply shot, or they were driven somewhere to a concentration camp, or to a Jewish colony. Some Jews are returning to a special order.”

From the diary of Dnipropetrovsk resident Serhiy Shvedov

The Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” together with the Hesed Menachem Charity Foundation continues its educational activities within the framework of the “Jewish Heritage” project. Despite the terrible night that the city experienced, on October 10, 2025, another online meeting was held, which was conducted by the Museum's research associate Dilfuza Hlushchenko. The new open lecture took place on the eve of a tragic date in the history of our city – the anniversary of the mass shootings of the Jewish population of Dnipropetrovsk on October 13-14, 1941. In those terrible days, the Nazi occupation authorities carried out the bloodiest action, the victims of which were from 11 to 13 thousand Jews. This action of mass murder was the first, but, unfortunately, not the last, in a series of measures of total terror against the Jewish residents of the city. Among the victims were women and men, the elderly and children. In general, according to researchers, the number of Holocaust victims in Dnipropetrovsk is from 17 to 20 thousand people.

The participants of the meeting learned not only about the details of the organization and the numbers of the terrible events, but also about the poignant stories of the victims of the Nazi genocide. One of them, the story of a children's toy - a doll, which outlived its little owner and her loved ones. Other stories from the project participants were added to it. At the end of the meeting, Larysa Karpenko performed poignant poems dedicated to the victims of the shootings in Dnipropetrovsk.

Thank you to everyone who joined the open lecture and honored the memory of the fallen.

In unity is our strength!