Murder story of Cherikov Jews in the Pilnya Forest

… My husband was summoned by the commander and was immediately asked about his nationality. My husband replied that he did not know his parents, and that he grew up in the house of his grandmother, who was Russian. Since he was a specialist [a driver], he was forced to work in car maintenance. In [June] 1942 a policeman named Shibeev came to my apartment and told me to report to the police station with my infant child. When I arrived at the station, I found that my husband had been arrested and the police began interrogating me about my nationality. When I said that I was Russian, they started asking why I had married a Jew. When I responded that in the Soviet Union one is allowed to marry whoever you wish, regardless of nationality, the interrogator began cursing me. After the interrogation he snatched my 8-month-old son away from me and took him to another room. Afterwards my husband was put into a truck and the child was handed to him. Along with seven other Jews, they were taken to a forest near the village of Pilnya, where they were shot to death. A photograph is all that I have left to remember my husband, who was tortured by those executioners....