Murder story of Snitkov Jews in the Bucheno Forest

… Afterwards an order was again issued to move the entire [population of the] camp from Snitkov to [Murovannye] Kurilovtsy. The Germans told us we being taken to another camp, that there was a large camp and that everyone would have a place there. The elderly were assigned several carts while the young ones went on foot. It was impossible to take along many items, only whatever one had with him. I joined the family with which I was living before and went together with them. We arrived [at Murovannye Kurilovtsy] about evening. All the locals [Jews], including the refugees, came out and informed us that all of this was not good. We heard that there was a pit nearby and [understood] that this was not another camp. They would not leave us there but would take us somewhere else, to another camp. I cannot say for sure, but there was [apparently] a pit and they would kill [the Jews] there. Some believed [the Germans], others did not. It somehow came to my mind that since they were Germans they would murder [us] here. I joined that family; at that place [in the house they came to] there were several more families. One of the locals told [us] that he had a large cellar and that we should enter that cellar and that later we would know what was going on and what would happen. In the evening they [the Germans] started to register everyone, to take a roll-call of the skilled workers, and to put them aside. They took tailors, physicians, and other skilled workers; these were left, while the rest were collected and registered. We were lying hidden there the entire night. In the morning we heard a truck approach and take people away. All of them were taken in one go, at 6 a.m. everyone was awake. We heard noise. There were both auxiliary policemen and SS-men. All of them [the Jews] were loaded onto trucks. They [the Germans] shouted: "Hurry up! Get moving!" All of them were taken away. QUESTION: Where? ANSWER: To pits. There were pits ready. They shot all of them [the Jews] right at the pits and buried them. QUESTION: Where were you [at that time]? ANSWER: I was in the cellar. In the morning auxiliary policemen came for us. QUESTION: How many of you were hidden in that cellar? ANSWER: Altogether four families and there was also a small child. He started to cry and was strangled to death in order to keep him quiet, in order not to give us away. They- the auxiliary policemen - approached the cellar. It was dark [inside] and they started to shoot. We pressed against the walls, while they kept shooting and shouting: "Is there anyone inside, any 'Jude' in there?" Those who were still alive stayed in their houses - all was quiet, deadly quiet. We stayed there [in the cellar] the whole night, the whole next day, and another night; on the second day we heard people talking. We tried to understand what they were saying. Well, it was over. Crying and screaming began to be heard: "…My parents were murdered, my son was murdered." Something terrible had taken place. We left there [the cellar] and learned just what had happened. All the people were put onto trucks…. We were told that one physician began to shout: "I want to be together [with my family?]. I want to go to the other camp." The auxiliary policemen removed him [from a truck?], saying: "No, no, you are a doctor, go to the side, we will take you later."-"No, no" he said: ' I have a gold watch," and he gave it to one of the auxiliary policeman."Take this watch, it is a gold one. I want to go with all the others." The auxiliary policeman took this watch and said: "If you want to, go along with them." He was taken and murdered too. QUESTION: "How long were you in that cellar?" ANSWER: "I told you already - we entered it in the evening and stayed there the whole night, all of the next day and night, and left it on the following day."…