prior to the war, about 137 jews lived in trubchevsk. most of the jews were craftsmen, including cobblers and carpenters. the town was occupied by german forces in early october 1941. by that time, more than half of the jews fled or evacuated. the jews from the trubchevsk district were gathered in a klub for 3 days and shot afterwards at the edge of the village. their bodies were burnt. in total, according to the soviet archives, 751 soviet citizens perished due to bad treatment or as a result of shooting in the entire trubchevsk district. aside from jews, mentally ill children and adults were exterminated as well.