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Murder story of Lyubonichi Jews in the Lyubonichi Forest
Murder Site
Lyubonichi
Belorussia (USSR)
The day before November 7, 1941 all 60 Jewish men of Lyubonichi were ordered to appear at the building of the former church. All those who assembled there were lined up and taken to the forest some distance from the town, where pits had been dug the previous day. These Jews were forced to crawl part of the way on their knees. At the pits the Jews were shot dead. According to one testimony, the perpetrators of this murder were Finnish soldiers and local auxiliary policemen.
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Written Testimonies
From the testimony of Mikhail Rinberg, who was born in 1922
...On one occasion the police announced to all the Jews that their men should assemble near the former church...it was German policemen and Belarusians who went around the houses and informed people that all the Jews should assemble the following morning near the former church...The Jews came. They all were lined up. No one knew anything. The day before the young men had been forced to dig a pit outside of the town of Lyubonichi. No one knew why they had to dig such a large, long and wide one. They were lined up...there were Finns armed with sub-machine guns...these Finns, with their sub-machine guns and with German shepherds, forced them to their knees and then to move forward - the distance to the small bridge was apparently 200 meters - so they had to move from the club to the small bridge on their knees. Then they were told to stand up and walk. They were taken to the site and then shot...
YVA O.3 / 4951
Lyubonichi
forest
Murder Site
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