Murder story of Liozno Jews in the The Adamenki Ravine

I was born in 1928 in the small town of Liozno …. The Germans arrived on July 16, 1941. On the very first day they confiscated everything. The house burned down. …. The first announcement that I read required under fear of death that all Jews wear a band with a six-pointed star on the left arm. One street was marked off for us; approximately 600 people lived there in 30 or 40 houses. In the fall of 1941 a young German wearing glasses came to this street. He had a skull on his sleeve and on the lapels of his coat. After searching around for a long time, he led away six old people. Among them were the wood carver Simon (one of the most respected Jews in town), two invalids, and Velvele, who was mentally ill. They were locked in a barn. In the evening they were taken to the river and forced to crawl on all fours on the river bottom in icy water. They were tortured that way for three days and shot on the forth.[…] At 2:00 P.M. on February 28, 1942, the Germans and police began to truck all the Jews to one place. I was not at home. When I returned, my relatives had already been put in a truck. Russian comrades hid me in a toilet and nailed the door shut from the outside. Two hours later, when the policemen were gone, I crawled out of my lair. I saw them shoot the Jews, and I saw many go mad. My grandfather and grandmother kissed before death. They loved each other and did not betray their love even in their last minutes of life.