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Murder Story of Domaczewo Jews on the Bank of the Zapadny Bug River in Domaczewo
Murder Site
Zapadny Bug River Bank in Domaczewo
Poland
At the beginning of the occupation, around June 25, 1941, several dozen Jews were forced by SS men to take carts loaded with sacks of flour to the river. After finishing this task, the Jews were murdered on the bank of the Western Bug River. According to different testimonies, the number of the victims was reported as numbering from 29 to 40.
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ChGK Soviet Reports
Ben Zion Blushtein, who was born in 1924 in Domaczewo and lived there during the war years, testified:
Later they [the SS unit staff] caught Rabbi Melobartov,… and about 40 other Jews and forced them to load a cart with sacks of flour. They had to drag the cart to the bank of the River Bug. Later we learned that when they reached the bank they were shot.
YVA O.3 / 4890
Zapadny Bug River Bank in Domaczewo
river
Murder Site
Poland
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