Murder Story of Fraydorf Jews at the Kantugany Well

- ...the residents of our village. In both wells. They threw people in, right? Some were alive, and one could hear moans. I believe that once they didn't have enough space to throw people, they moved to another well. They threw everyone in: Russians, Jews, and Ukrainians...the partisans... There was also a torture room here in this building. - She [Polina Ivanovna, who witnessed the shooting] was our principal. - Since she's no longer alive, could you please tell me what she told you? - Well, they tortured people, and then they threw them into wells. They took some people to the wells barefoot. They gathered Jews in the middle of the night, locked them in a barn, then took them to the well in the morning and threw them in there. They didn't even always shoot them; they wouldn't waste more than one bullet for each person. So if someone wasn't killed by the bullet, they wouldn't care and throw them in anyway. Moans were heard for three or four days. - Did local policemen (collaborators – PJ) watch the wells after the shooting as well as the Germans? - Yes. - They brought people from the entire district. The college you just visited was their headquarters. The place where we have a museum now, used to be their stable. In our basements, they tortured people. - Did Polina Ivanovna say how they gathered the Jews? - Yes, she did. They locked them in a barn, and then, at night, they took them away and shot them. So they always disappeared during the night. - They brought them from somewhere, questioned them and then shot them and threw them in there. - Did she show you the barns? - No. - Were they in the village? - Yes. I believe they were not far from the college. - Did they walk them to the well or drive them? - Walk. If someone couldn't walk, they would shoot them. - Was it all as she told you? - Yes – of course, I wasn't there. ... - She [Polina Ivanona] was our principal. - Since she's no longer alive, could you please tell me what she told you? - Well, they tortured people, and then they threw them into wells. They took some people to the wells barefoot. They gathered Jews in the middle of the night, locked them in a barn, then took them to the well in the morning and threw them in there. They didn't even always shoot them; they wouldn't waste more than one bullet for each person. So if someone wasn't killed by the bullet, they wouldn't care and throw them in anyway. Moans were heard for three or four days. - Did local policemen (collaborators – PJ) watch the wells after the shooting as well as the Germans? - Yes. ... - They brought people from the entire district. The college you just visited was their headquarters. The place where we have a museum now, used to be their stable. In our basements, they tortured people. - Did Polina Ivanovna say how they gathered the Jews? - Yes, she did. They locked them in a barn, and then, at night, they took them away and shot them. So they always disappeared during the night. ... - They brought them from somewhere, questioned them and then shot them and threw them in there. - Did she show you the barns? - No. - Were they in the village? - Yes. I believe they were not for from the college. - Did they walk them to the well or drive them? - Walk. If someone couldn't walk, they would shoot them. - Was it all as she told you? - Yes – of course, I wasn't there.