Murder Story of Shepelevichi Jews at the Mokrovichi Cemetery

When the Germans arrived, they got rid of the strongest people since they were afraid they might escape to the forests. Three men were shot near the Mokrovichi cemetery, which is close to Belynichi. After the war, when the road was built, their bones were found. These three were the master shoemaker Shevel, the blacksmith (I think his name was Khaim), whom everybody called Chernenkiy ["the dark one"] and a [simple] shoemaker, whose name I do not remember. One of our villagers who is no longer alive [once] said that on that day he had wanted to steal a horse from the local garrison and was hiding in the corn. At that time a car arrived: three Jews were taken out, forced to dig a grave with shovels, and shot on the spot...