Murder story of Czartorysk Jews at the Czartorysk Christian Cemetery

"… And on July 20 [sic for 27], 1942 all the Jews were driven to the school building ….by local Ukrainian [auxiliary] policemen. … Those local policemen guarded [the Jews there]. [Every several hours] they were replaced. Among them were some who would let you out [of the building], so one could get out and ask [the local residents] for some [food]. Our family was in a very difficult situation since [my] sister had given birth to a baby boy and [at this time] he was only 4 months old. The toddler was hungry since [his] mother didn't eat enough and worried all the time. My mother and I used to sneak out quietly to ask [the locals] for some milk and they gave it to us since they already knew that we [i.e. all the Jews] would be killed soon. … They knew it since [during this time] many Ukrainians had been driven [out of their homes] on the outskirts [of the town] and there, at the big ravine they were forced to dig a pit … about 10 meters wide and long and very deep. It was divided into two parts and inside there were stairs [for the victims] to descend. [The next day] in the morning when [the local peasants] went to harvest their fields, [Ukrainian policemen] didn't let them approach, ordering them to go home and not to harvest on that day. Thus the locals knew that they [the Jews] would be shot to death on that day. [On the same morning] I came [to the house of] a close acquaintance of my family [a Polish woman] to ask her for some milk [to feed the baby]. … I said to her: "Aunt Ulyana, please give me some milk since the baby is dying." She looked at me in a certain way and said to me: "You go [far away] to the steppe, to the field… our relative is working there, you will help her in harvesting, while I'll go by myself [to Zinaida's family] to give the milk. … She knew that on that day [the Jews] would be shot to death so she sent me to the steppe. I went [to the field] but I even didn't know where to find her [Aunt's Ulyana relative]…. At the same time [the Jews] were driven [from the school building] and taken to be shot. And when they approached this ravine and saw this pit, those children who were holding a piece of bread in their hands[since they had been given this bread by some local residents], they threw it away on the spot. I was told by a Ukrainian who [was forced] to dig a pit [and was present during the shooting] that all [the Jews] were made to lie down in the pit … and that, when the shooting was over, all of them [the Ukrainians who had dug the pit] were forced to cover [the pit with earth] since it was summer and hot, July 27 was a hot day. [At the same time, while working at the field] I heard shooting and [I remember] asking [Aunt's Ulyana relative]: "Where is this shooting coming from?". [She replied]: "The Germans are probably performing some military maneuvers." She knew about [the murder], but told me nothing. [Shortly afterwards] I said to her: "Well, I am going back to the house of Aunt Ulyana. She asked: "Why are you going there"?. I replied: "I'd want to hear about the situation there [at the collection point, i.e. the school building] and whether or not she [Aunt Ulyana] had brought it [some milk for the child] to them. [By this time] all of them [the Jews] had been already shot to death. [She] said to me: "Go to the attic… and stay there until Uncle Yakim [Aunt Ulyana's husband] comes for you". I replied: " But my mother, who is worried about me, is there, all my family is there so why I should stay here [alone]?" [The woman replied:] "Stay here for a while, you'll help us [in the field] and afterwards we will eat"…. Later on she sent me to the steppe to let those cow graze there… . When I came back … I asked her: "Why won't you let me go, I want to see my parents." Then she said to me: "No, you are not going [anywhere]. Your parents are no longer alive." I began crying and screaming. "Why? That can't be." [The woman responded]: "All of them [i.e. the Jews] have already been killed. Didn't you hear the shooting yesterday, all of them have already been shot to death."…