[1] Throughout 1942, Jews from Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia were taken by train to Maly Trostenets to be lined up in front of the pits and were shot.
[2][3] According to Yad Vashem, the Jews of Minsk were murdered and buried in Maly Trostenets and in another village, Bolshoi Trostinets, between 28 and 31 July 1942 and on 21 October 1943.
[1] As the Red Army approached the area in June 1944, the Germans murdered most of the prisoners and destroyed the camp.
[3] Holocaust historian Stephan Lehnstaedt believes the number is higher, writing that at least 106,000 Jews were murdered at the location.
[4][a] The primary purpose of the camp was the murder of Jewish prisoners of the Minsk Ghetto and the surrounding area.