Woronka murder site in Jody, contemporary view. Photographer: Alexander Litin, 2015.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14614665
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Murder Story of Jody Jews in Woronka
Murder Site
Voronka
Poland
According to some post war sources, several dozen of Jews were shot and buried near Woronka village located in Szarkowszczyzna County. The number of the victims is estimated from 20 to 100. The exact date of the murder operation remains unknown. There are also sources that say the Jews murdered at the site were both from Jody and from Brasław County.
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Written Accounts
From the article by E.Korsak "Who is Buried near Woronka?"
The excavations took three days. From the four pits that have been identified so far, the remains of nineteen people have been exhumed. The total area of the hill is approximately twenty square kilometers. Apparently, 70-100 people were shot there.... Who was shot and buried at this site? There is no single correct answer – but, if the past is any indication, we can conclude that this is a mass grave of Jewish people. Many of the victims had their front teeth pulled out (why would the killers leave gold lying in the ground?). No other possessions or items of clothing have been found in the grave (since the victims were shot naked).
Newspaper "Klich Radzimy" [The Voce of the Motherland], August 27, 2007
Voronka
Murder Site
Poland
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Photos
Woronka murder site in Jody, contemporary view. Photographer: Alexander Litin, 2015.
YVA, Photo Collection, 14614665