The Holocaust and Mass Violence in the German-Occupied City of Rostov-on-Don, 1941-1943
Journal: TSpace
Year: 2020

Abstract The city of Rostov-on-Don came under the control of German military forces twice during World War II. Rostov was also the site of the largest massacre of Jews on Russian soil during the Holocaust—an estimated 15,000 to 18,000 people were killed at the Zmievskaia ravine in August 1942. With an evolving regime of violence, the German occupiers also killed thousands of Soviet prisoners of war and civilian residents of Rostov, as well as subjecting the female citizenry of Rostov to a barrag