Murder story of Tarashcha Jews in the Tarashcha Prison Courtyard

…In the spring of 1942 Babchenko took part in the annihilation operation of about 200 Soviet Jewish civilians. At the time of the shooting of these people in the police courtyard, armed with a rifle, Babcenko patrolled one of the streets near the police courtyard, preventing unauthorized people from approaching the shooting site…

…In other cells of the police [prison] were kept arrested Jews who were shot in November 1941 near the police prison. The shots could be heard in the cell that I was in. Through the peephole I saw policemen…taking the arrested Jews along the corridor, pushing them and striking them with rifle butts, then stripping them of their outer clothing and taking them into the courtyard, from which shots were soon heard…

…Early in the spring of 1942 I returned to the police station from my post and saw two German gendarmes arriving at the police [station]. They said something to police chief Pilipovich, after which on-duty policeman Loboda…unlocked a cell and took out 4 Jews, whose last names I do not know. Afterward, Loboda, Pilipovich, and two Germans took those prisoners to the police [station] courtyard and shot them there and buried the bodies in an old trench. I did not see them being shot but, while I was inside the police station, I heard the shots…

…In the summer of 1942 the Germans were shooting Jews in the police [station] courtyard. In toto, about 200 Jews were shot. Before the shooting the Jews were held in the Pioneers' club. I did not guard the club. On the day of the shooting the police chief summoned all of his, about 15, policemen. I was assigned to guard the road and not allow anyone to pass. The people were shot in a garden. The shooting lasted about 2 hours. I was about 1 kilometer from the shooting site. The courtyard was guarded by policemen. [The bodies] of those shot were buried in the police [station] courtyard.