Murder story of Wlodzimierz Wolynski Jews in the Falemicze Grove

... At the end of December 1943 [the Germans] surrounded the ghetto, took all the Jews regardless [of their sex] 2 kilometers from the city, poured crude oil over them, and burned everyone [to death]. The city of Ludmir became "Judenrein" [free of Jews]. I escaped to the forest where I had prepared a bunker.…

... The existence of the small group of skilled workers lasted until December 13, 1943… [when] the small group of Jews in the ghetto of Ludmir was surrounded by the Gestapo and taken to the prison. There they were forced to strip naked and then taken by truck to Chwalimicze [sic for Falemicze], 4 kilometers from the city, on the road to [the city of] Łuck. There they were shot to death, [and, gasoline was poured over their dead bodies, that were burned in order not to leave a trace [of this atrocity]. Thus, Jewish Ludmir has been completely destroyed....

… On Monday, December 13, 1943, at dawn … most of the people [inmates of the ghetto-camp] were taken from their beds, sometimes… only in their underwear.… Those who were taken from their beds were taken straight to prison. Among those who were taken were [Leib] Kudisch, his wife, and their son, who were surprised while sleeping. Also… Jewish policemen were arrested.… The people were held in prison for three days, until many people had been collected not only from their houses but also those who had succeeded in hiding in some shelter. Small groups of [Jewish] workers were taken daily from the prison to clean the camp. Clothes and other items were collected and access to all the workshops and equipment was prevented. On Thursday, December 16, 1943, in the morning hours, trucks entered the prison yard. The people were ordered to strip naked and to hand over all the valuables they had with them. Then they were taken by truck toward a grove near the village of Chapalimicze [sic for Falemicze], about 4 kilometers [from the town] on the road leading to [the city of] Łuck. There the site had been prepared. The Jews were shot to death and their bodies were thrown onto wood piles and burned. The ashes were scattered in the nearby grove.…

In the early hours of the morning the Germans surrounded the ghetto and began to liquidate the ghetto's Jews. They made [the city] "Judenrein" [free of Jews]. They took the Jews but, instead of killing them [immediately], they took them all to the forest, poured gasoline over them, and burned them to death. ….

… On December 13, 1943 at 7 a.m., when I reported to the employment office, the ghetto had been totally surrounded and they [the Germans] started shooting us. Panic ensued. The dead bodies were falling onto the bodies of those aleady shot to death. Some men who tried to escape across the river were shot from the other side. … [The ghetto] was burning all over. The crying and screaming tore one's heart. Women were looking for their husbands; little children who had just awakened were running around naked, looking for their mothers. Mothers wounded by gunfire were holding their children and running straight into the fire. [People] were hiding in holes. Suddenly silence, a kind of emptiness, prevailed. There were a dozen dead. The wounded lamented and shed tears. [In the ghetto] the murderers marched and sang in victory. They dragged to trucks, those people who had been found in hiding and also those who did not have time to hide. Kudisz [the head of the Judenrat] and his wife Krendis were taken to a truck and seated there like all the others. An SS man said to Kudisz: "Everything passes and returns: after December May will come again." This time the trucks headed in the opposite direction -- from Ludmir to Chwalimicz [sic for Falemicze]. The Jews were burned to death since there was no time to dig pits.…