Murder Story of Yeni Krymchak Jews in a Clay Pit in the Yeni Krymchak Area

- Tell me please: what happened to them [the Krymchaks] during the war? - Well, the Sonderkommando came… - Before the war did anyone manage to get away? - Who knows? No one expected such a punishment! The Germans came. They put people on trucks, brought them here, and shot them. - What was here? - A clay pit. - Was it as deep as it is now? - Now, it was deeper. - Piotr Alexandrovich, how do you know about this? Did you see it? - No. We were just told that there were no more Jews and Krymchaks. - So, they were only the residents of your village? - Only. - Could you please tell me in some detail how they were killed? - They were put on trucks (old and young people), brought here and shot. - When did this happen? - In 1942? - I don’t know. - Yes, in 1942. - What happened? The Germans put them onto trucks… how many Germans were there? - I can’t tell. A group. - What weapons did they have? - Rifles. - How did they come? - In vehicles. - Private cars and trucks? - Yes. - How many trucks, do you remember? - No. - How many people were there? - How many? 15 or 20… - Were all those left local people ? - Yes. - And then? - They brought them here, put them there, and shot them. - How long did it take? - I don’t know… - But you said you could see it, from your village. - Well, they said Germans came, etc. that was later. - So you were not told? - No. - Only later? - Yes. Then they brought people from different places to bury the bodies. - Where from? - From Bochala. - Are those people still alive? - No, of course not.