Testimony: An old woman remembered seeing her best friend walking in line toward the mass grave without understanding what would happen to her. It was only at the end of the day that she realised she was dead: she saw a policeman dragging "Jewish clo...
Continue ReadingTestimony: “In Dokchitsi, Yulia P. told us that "her family hid a dozen of Jews, one lying under the couch: he had his heart cut to pieces by a bayonet." Her two brothers who tried to intervene were killed with all the Jews". T...
Continue ReadingTestimony: An old woman remembered seeing her best friend walking in line toward the pit without understanding what would happen to her. It was only at the end of the day that she realised she was dead: she saw a policeman dragging "Jewish clothes,&q...
Continue ReadingResearch Findings: In some cases, the Germans used to play harmonica and sing German songs with a Gramophone, while the locals dug the ditches. A lot of witnesses described striking scenes; many Jews tried to escape when they got out of the trucks or trai...
Continue ReadingResearch Findings: One witness saw her two six-year-old girlfriends getting arrested, and heard the gunshots that killed them: «I had two Jewish girlfriends in the village, Sarah and Rosa, with whom I used to play hide and seek.” Note: The picture ...
Continue ReadingPlaces: Crimea Region During this research trip, the team interviewed 33 witnesses and located 12 execution sites. Key Findings: – First of all, we met with Krimchak (Crimean Jews) who managed to survive. We also located the mass grave...
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