Murder story of Dzhankoy Jews in the Mirnovka River (Gas Vans)

- At this musical school there were members of the SD. Only Tartars were policemen there. They guarded the gate. When they rounded up everyone, they took them there. - You mean Jews? - Also Russians, Communists, whoever was pointed out as a Communist. At night they put everyone in a gas van (it was winter). By the time they arrived at their destination – a hill where there is now a gas station – trenches were waiting for them. I am not sure who dug the trenches. Whoever didn’t die on the way was shot and all of them were buried in the trench. - There was a hill here before and there was a river here. We used to come here in the winter and we could see everything. - Where exactly did they shoot people? - Here. - What did you see? - We saw the shooting: people [the Jews] standing in a line, Tartars [Tartar policement with weapons], and then bursts of machinegun or submachine gun fire. - So you saw them: were there old people, children, men, women? - All of these. - Was anyone wearing a uniform, or were they all civilians? - No uniforms. But they all had to take off their overclothes… - Once you said they were shot and another time you said that they were driven [and killed] in a gas van. Which was it? - Both.... - There was a hill here before and there was a river here. We used to come here in the winter and we could see everything. - Where exactly did they shoot people? - Here. - What did you see? - We saw the shooting: people [the Jews] standing in a line, Tartars [Tartar policement with weapons], and then bursts of machinegun or submachinegun fire.... - So you saw them: were there old people, children, men, women? - All of these. - Was anyone wearing a uniform, or were they all civilians? - No uniforms. But they all had to take off their overclothes… - Once you said they were shot and another time you said that they were driven [and killed] in a gas van. Which was it? - Both.