| Bila Tserkva massacre | |
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 Synagogue in Bila Tserkva before the Bolshevik revolution | |
.svg)  Location of Bila Tserkva massacre within Ukraine | |
| Location | Bila Tserkva, Ukraine 49°47′56″N 30°06′55″E / 49.798889°N 30.115278°E |
| Date | August 21, 1941 |
| Incident type | Mass murder of Jews |
| Perpetrators |  Nazi Germany
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| Victims | Jewish population of Bila Tserkva |
The Bila Tserkva massacre was the mass murder of Jews, committed by the Nazi German Einsatzgruppe with the aid of Ukrainian auxiliaries,[1][2] in Bila Tserkva, Soviet Ukraine, on August 21–22, 1941. When the Jewish adult population of Bila Tserkva was killed, several functionaries complained that some 90 Jewish children were left behind in an abandoned building,[2] and had to be executed separately. The soldiers reported the matter to four chaplains of the Heer, who passed along their protests to Field Marshal von Reichenau;[2] it was the only time during World War II that Wehrmacht chaplains tried to prevent an Einsatzgruppen massacre, but Paul Blobel's verbal order was direct and decisive.[2][3]
- ^ Wendy Lower (2006). Nazi Empire-Building and the Holocaust in Ukraine. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 253. ISBN 0807876917.
- ^ a b c d Eric Sterling (2005). Life In The Ghettos During The Holocaust. Syracuse University Press. p. 127. ISBN 0815608039 – via Google Books.
- ^ Nuremberg (6 June 1947). "Paul Blobel". Affidavit for the IMT War Crimes Trial. Chris Webb, H.E.A.R.T 2010. HolocaustResearchProject.org.