Murder story of Lubny Jews in the Zasulye Yar

... They [the Germans] occupied Lubny on September 13, 1941 and immediately began shooting, arresting and, especially, persecuting Jews and destroying their homes and property. On October 16 an order was issued that all Jews living in Lubny had to appear by 9 a.m. on the outskirts of [the village of] Zasulye and bring with them food for several days. It was rumored that they were about to be deported. [Non-Jewish] doctors asked in vain to spare their colleagues – Kogan, the town’s famous midwife S.S. Goldberg, the elderly dentist Palem, the half-blind widow of Doctor Barskiy (who had taken care of the people of Lubny for over 30 years), the family of the late dentist Davidson (who was very popular), and many others. These pleas were ignored: those who made them were threatened for trying to interfere. A day later the terrifying rumor began spreading through the town that they had been “shot to death.” For two or three days the ground where this evil took place was heaving. Nothing like this has ever been heard of in the whole world: people being murdered for no fault without being able to defend themselves….