Murder story of Esmony Jews in the Pupsa Grove

... The third shooting took place somewhere in the forest. They collected the remaining Jews. I remember that Yosel and his wife and Shmuila, Bocharov's son-in-law, and his wife were shot then. After the war a woman planted tulips at that spot, but now nobody can find the place. Five families of Jewish refugees from Poland or Western Belorussia were also shot then... When the Jews were taken to be murdered, I saw a German standing on a porch and packing a parcel, apparently to send home to Germany, containing items taken from Bocharov's shop. He carefully packed dress material, a shawl, a bracelet, and some gold items. Another, older German stood next to the porch and wept. Some of the Germans who came from Belynichi but did not participate in the shootings went through the Jews. houses and took the valuables for themselves. ...