On January 7, 1942, the German authorities issued an order requiringall of the town's Jews to assemble at the former NKVD building, which
was located in the area of the municipal garden. The Jews were ordered
to bring up to 10 kg of luggage per person, as well as enough food for
eight days. On January 9, 1942, when the Jews came to the municipal
garden, they were ordered to enter the building on the pretext of >registration. Instead, they were locked in the basement and held there
for several days with no water. On January 11, 1942, the Jews were
taken in trucks to the alabaster mines of the Artemovsk alabaster
processing plant. They were forced to enter a disused adit of one of
the mines, and the entrance was sealed with a brick wall. The victims >suffocated to death inside the mine. Soviet documents estimate the
number of victims at about 3,000, while German reports give the lower
figure of approximately 1,200 victims among the Jews of Artemovsk.
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