Thirty-three thousand seven hundred and seventy-one Jews were murdered at Babyn Yar in thirty-six hours. German soldiers beat them with sticks, confiscated their belongings, and marched them to the edge of a deep ravine called Babyn Yar, where they were stripped naked and shot. Those who did report to the corner of Melnikova and Dehtiarivska Streets as instructed were, for the most part, the poor, the sick, the very young, and the elderly.
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Some who remained disobeyed the order and went into hiding. Many Jewish men and women joined the Red Army others, who had connections or decent jobs, evacuated before the Germans entered the city. More than two hundred and twenty-four thousand Jews lived in Kyiv before the war, according to a 1939 census. Many people assumed that the Jews of Kyiv were being deported, probably in retribution for the mining of the city.
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They were to bring “documents, money, valuables, warm clothing, linens, etc.” The notices were unambiguous: “Those Jews who do not carry out this order and are found elsewhere will be shot dead.” The gathering place was near two cemeteries-one Russian, the other Jewish-and a railroad station. On September 28th, the Germans papered the city with flyers instructing “all Jews of the city of Kyiv and its environs” to report to the corner of Melnikova and Dehtiarivska Streets, on the outskirts of town, by eight the following morning.