Murder Story of Dzerzhinsk Jews in a Clay Pit in Dzerzhinsk

... At the beginning of December 1941 at least 100 Jews were shot at the clay pits. One policeman took between five and seven people, brought them to the pit and then this [policeman named] Sukhiy shot them….

...Meanwhile at the conscription office they collected all the specialists for a final selection. Once again I was caught. I understood the risk this posed for me. I had to do something. It wasn't possible to escape since we were under heavy guard. I was saved by chance. They began to call out the specialists by name. And when they called the name of Shulmanovich, who lived not far from us, I figured that I had nothing to lose and I stood together with his family. Their children were my age or older. Fortunately, no one paid any attention to the lad who had joined this family. However, after he returned home, Shulmanovich told me that, if anyone found out, then everyone [in the family] would be killed. By that time all the Jews who had remained in the conscription office had been shot....