Murder Story of Sharovka Jews at the Clay Pit in the Sharovka Area

… The greatest tragedy of the town [of Sharovka] took place on November 4, 1942. The residents of the town were prepared for their fate – they were praying diligently, crying, asking for mercy from the local [Ukrainian] residents: … .At dawn of November 4, 1942 the town was tightly surrounded by armed [Ukrainian auxiliary] policemen and local residents. The Jews were ordered to line up and not to take any belongings or valuables with them. They were told that they were going to be taken to Yarmolintsy. The sick ones were loaded onto carts. The people realized that they were going to their deaths, that is why all the men wore prayer shawls. The column moved toward Yarmolintsy. On the outskirts of the town, near a pit from which clay was extracted, the column was stopped and all [the Jews] were ordered to stand near the steep slope of the pit. All of them, without exception – women, old people, and children – were shot to death [at the quarry]. …