Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Zmievskaya Balka
Zmievskaya Balka is a site in Rostov-on-Don, Russia at which 27,000 Jews and other Soviet civilians were massacred from 1942 to 1943 by the SS Einsatzgruppe D during the Holocaust in Russia. It is considered to be the largest single mass killing site of Jews in the Russian SFSR during the Second World War. The Zmievskaya Balka Memorial monument was unveiled at the site on 9 May 1975.
- City
- Rostov-on-Don
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Rostov-on-Don
- Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov, Rostov-on-Don
- Residential house of Nikolai Panin
- Ter-Abramyan House
- Ascension Church, Rostov-on-Don
- Monument of the Great October Revolution
- Monument to the founders of Rostov-on-Don
Background: Wikipedia