Murder story of Sitnya Jews in the Sitnya Forest

<…> In September 1941, four Germans came to our village from the town of Kalinkovichi. Among them, there were three soldiers and one officer wearing a gendarme's uniform. <…> The abovementioned Germans immediately rounded up the Jewish population and convoyed them off to the edge of the forest in the village area, where the latter were shot to death. Thus, on that day in September 1941, the abovementioned Germans shot dead five families, eighteen people in total. The first family to be shot: Breyna Khaykman, I do not know her patronymic, about fifty-five years old; Sonya Yakovlevna Khaykman, about eighteen years old; Zalman Yakovlevich Khaykman, fourteen years old; Nakhman Yakovlevich, twelve years old; Pesah Yakovlevich Khaykman, ten years old. The second family was: Itsko Komisarchuk, I do not know his patronymic, about sixty years old; Phina Komisarchuk, I do not know her patronymic, about fifty years old; Evkha Komisarchuk, I do not know the patronymic, about sixty years old. The third family was: Ginda Vinokur, I do not know her patronymic, about sixty years old; Beyla Vinokur, I do not know her patronymic, about twenty years old. The fourth family was: Girsh Gertsman, I do not know his patronymic, about eighty years old; Doba Gertsman, I do not know the patronymic, about sixty years old; Shop <unclear> Gertsman, I do not know his patronymic, eighteen years old; Zalman Gertsman, I do not know his patronymic, sixteen years old; Girsh, I do not know his patronymic, about thirty-five years old; Mendel Gertsman, I do not know his patronymic, about eighteen years old. The fifth family was: <first name unclear> Gorovoy, I do not know the patronymic, about nine years old; Lubov Gorovaya, I do not know her patronymic, about six years old. Upon returning from the shooting site, the abovementioned Germans went to the residences of the shot ones in the village of Sitnya. There, together with the village headman…, they took away the items and possessions that attracted their interest, and then immediately left the village of Sitnya for Kalinkovichi.