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Murder story of Krasnostav Jews in the Senigov Forest
Murder Site
Senigov Forest
Ukraine (USSR)
During the first days of August 1941, apparently members of the Gendarmerie (rural police) and Ukrainian auxiliary policemen arrived in the town by covered truck. They drove about 50 Jewish men out of their homes and collected them on Market Square. After keeping them there for some time and then releasing several of them, the Gendarmerie men and Ukrainian policemen loaded some of the Jews onto a truck (apparently others were taken on foot) and took them to a pit in the Senigov Forest eight kilometers south of town, where they were shot to death.
From the joint testimony of Ivan Magdich, who was born in 1925, and Anna Magdich, who was born in 1924, and were living in Krasnostav during the German occupation
We witnessed how the Jews were taken [to be shot] on the first occasion. It seems that it was in July [sic for early August] 1941. In the afternoon a covered truck with Germans [apparently members of the Gendarmerie] and [Ukrainian auxiliary] policemen arrived [in the town]. They went through [Jewish] homes and drove people between 35-40 years old [onto the street]. About 40 Jewish (men) were collected. From the moment they were taken [from the town] we knew that they would not return. My father [Anna's father] was among them. One truck wasn't enough to take so many people [to the murder site], [but] there was no other vehicle. The Jews were allowed to say good-bye to their relatives, then they were loaded onto the truck and taken [to be shot in the forest]… .
David Hoshkis, ed., Bleeding Wound, Slavuta, 1996, p.72 (Ukrainian).
Senigov Forest
forest
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
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