Murder story of Mielnica Jews at the Sand Quarry in the Mielnica Area

The final elimination of the 1,200 Jews of Milenica … occurred on September 3, 1942, on [the Hebrew date] Elul 21, 5702. That day old people, women, and children, residents of the town and the surrounding villages, were murdered by the German Nazis and their accomplices. While in hiding in the village where I escaped [from Mielnica], I saw with my own eyes the Jews being taken on their last way toward Mielnica. Among them I identified my uncle – my father's brother - Avraham Rog, his wife and two daughters, [his] son-in-law, and his grandson, all of them from the village of Kaszowka. They were accompanied by the murderers who shouted: "Do not talk!", "Keep order while you are walking!" They were walking along a dirt path. The women, elderly people, and children were hoping for a miracle, but no miracle occurred. The murderers made them run to an embankment on the edge of the pit of death. They were ordered to strip naked and enter [the pit] in groups of 3-6. The murderers pointed ... their weapons toward their helpless victims and shot them to death. The screaming of women, the sighs of despair of the elderly, and the profound crying of the children could be heard for a long time. The shots, that were heard one after another, cut off their song of life … . The murderers with weapons in hand set up a cordon [of Ukrainian auxiliary policemen] and watched with pleasure the suffering and torture being undergone by the victims. None of the murderers had his heart beating fast or his conscience aroused, no traces of remorse could be seen, nor [were there among them any] expressions of regret. After the murder of the town's [Jewish] residents, local Ukrainian residents entered the houses of the Jews, looting their property and everything that was there. Many of the murderers began living in the Jewish houses that were placed at their disposal…