Murder Story of Starodubskoye Jews at the Animal Burial Ground in Starodubskoye

... On September 3, following an order of the headquarters of the village of Starodubka, the police collected all the Jewish civilians at a meeting place at the village's administrative center. All of the Jews were told that they had to prepare to be relocated and that they should prepare themselves and their valuables and other items totally not more than 32 kilograms in weight. On September 4 at eight o’clock there assembled more than 70 people, among them a great number of children and elderly people. …. For this three carts had been readied: those who had difficulty walking were taken by cart. The rest had to rush in the direction of the village of Arkhipovka; they were told that if they did not hurry, they would b shot to death. The belongings of the deceived victims were stolen: the German soldiers took the important and valuable things and officers, the less valuable things were stolen by the local policemen. Afterwards all of the victims were shot to death on the outskirts of the village at an animal burial ground, at a ditch that had been dug some time before. Three to five persons were taken to the ditch by guards and were shot to death in front of the others; those who had had to wait met the same fate when they themselves were shot to death....