Murder Story of Poryck Jews at the Kuczkow Farmstead

… and then an order came from the Ukrainian [auxiliary police] chief Pasalski, according to which [we] had to go to the [mass] graves that had already prepared for Poryck Jews. At first the children were taken there, beaten, and then shot to death. The little ones were thrown into the pits and the adults were made to watch the killing of their children. The Ukrainian chief announced that he had only one bullet for each Jew, therefore it was forbidden [for the Jews] to turn around or run [while entering the pit] but they just had to go and stand quietly near their grave. The Ukrainian [auxiliary police] chief himself fired some shots, he was seconded by Mojch…. People fell alive into the pits, wounded, and Pasalski kept his word not to waste too many bullets, therefore, the vast majority [of the victims] fell [into the pits] while still alive. The Ukrainian plunderers, … who arrived to loot the belongings of the murdered Jews, immediately robbed the graves. When a woman named Broche Giwerts was taken to the grave, a Ukrainian woman saw her beautiful dress and asked the Ukrainian [auxiliary] policeman to give her the dress of this Jewess.… The rabbi of the town, who was named Boim, asked the Ukrainians [policemen] to shoot him first since he didn't want to experience the pain that his brother had suffered before being killed; his request was accepted and, together with his wife, his mother, and his 4 children between the ages of 2 to 8, he was shot to death first. On September 5, the murder operation ended when the last of the Jews from Poryck were killed. As I learned later on, the earth was heaving that day when those who remained alive attempted to escape the pits. The big mass grave that remained was "bleeding" for 3 days and the blood was polluting the area of the farm. The looters raided the graves again; everything was stolen by the Ukrainians. I succeeded in escaping [from the murder site] at the last minute and making my way to a Ukrainian acquaintance, the priest Korbowski….