Murder Story of Petrovichi Jews at the Petrovichi Mill

... On July 22, 1942, early in the morning, policemen went around knocking on Jews' windows and ordering them to remain in their homes. The whole townlet was surrounded. The Jews were then forced out of their homes, lined up, and herded along Khislavichi Street via the marketplace to a field near a mill. A Bandera killing squad arrived in Petrovichi from Western Ukraine. Under German command the Banderites took the Jews to the shooting site and, together with some Germans, shot them…. When they [the Jews] were brought to the shooting place, they were lined up in front of a pit and ordered to undress. As if on signal, many of them attempted to escape,… the [people] who had been lined up ran across the field. All of them were gunned down by volleys from automatic weapons. Those who had been shot were dragged to the pit by ropes tied around their legs. At the same time policemen searched the townlet for children who had escaped that morning....