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Murder Story of Uscilug Jews at the Jewish Cemetery in Uściług
Murder Site
Uściług Jewish Cemetery
Poland
According to one testimony, apparently in late October or November 1941, Ukrainian auxiliary police conducted a search for Jewish youths. Those who did not show up willingly were subsequently caught or abducted on the streets and taken to the Jewish cemetery. Upon their arrival at the murder site, the victims were taken to a ravine and shot to death.
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Written Testimonies
From the joint testimony of the sisters Ester Kopit and Leah Tenerman, who were living in Uściług during its German occupation
… Afterward, the [Ukrainian auxiliary] police searched for [Jewish] youths. Some of them did not show up, but many of them were caught and their fate was the same as that of previous ones [who fell into the hands of the police, i.e. they were shot to death]. Ester Verchiner came to the Jewish council and said that when she had been hiding near the [Jewish] cemetery and saw people being taken to a ravine near there and shot to death. However, the members of the Jewish council did not believe her.…
Arye Avinadav, The Community of Ustila: Its Construction and Destruction (Irgun yots'e Ustila be-Yisrael uvetefutsot, Tel Aviv, 1961), pp. 140-141 (Hebrew)
Uściług Jewish Cemetery
Jewish cemetery
Murder Site
Poland
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