Murder Story of Kary Jews at the Rusanov Mill

Next to the well where the Jewish people were shot. My grandfather David Ivanovich Oleinikov, my grandmother Yefimia Savel’evna Oleinikova. You know, we all knew each other. We were friends with a girl who was shot on our doorstep. When they brought them to the well, she shouted a slogan and started to run. She thought she could save herself at our house that was only 50-70 meters away… we all were inside, the Germans didn’t allow anyone to be outside. But they shot her right on our doorstep. For two or three days one could hear moans.... So you say that your house stood near the well where the Jews were shot. Do you know from your parents if they shot only local Jews, from Yelizavetino, or also Jews from other villages? - Only from Yelizavetino. My mother said that they called all the Jews to gather together and told them to take their belongings as they were going to be taken elsewhere. Then, when everyone gathered, they took them to the well and shot them. Some even jumped in alive… some younger people tried to run away, but everyone was shot. Like that Liza who was killed on our doorstep.... So your grandparents and you were locked in the house? - Yes. We were warned that if we opened the windows, they would shoot. So even if this girl could run away from the soldiers, she couldn’t have entered the house: the door was locked. She was shot with the sub-machine gun. The Germans stood there for some three days to prevent people from approaching the well. But my grandparents said that the moans could be heard for a very long time. - How far was the well from your house? - When you go there, you’ll see with your own eyes.