Murder story of Werenów Jews in the Werenów Area

We are surrounded by augmented forces. Now, from a distance, we can see them entering houses and driving Jews out to the market [square]. Now, perhaps it's our turn. We were among the last, and we were told to go out to the market square. We feel that this time it is the end, and we won't return to our homes from there. We were just about to leave when Yoske the Barber appeared and said: – Don't leave before you cover my bunker and put a bottle of water on the cover. We didn't know what the water was for, but we fulfilled his request, or rather his order. He entered the bunker with his wife and four children. In fact, he survived then; he would perish later, but this time, fortune and our trick saved him. We were the last to arrive in the market square, and we were trying to figure out what was going on. A table stood in the middle, and two "masters" were there. Jews came up to them and were directed either to the right – to death, or to the left – to wait for death. Archik Wiener, his family, and his father-in-law, Długin, approached, and the Obermeister asked Archik who the members of his family were; deciding that the family was too large, the Nazi turned a withering gaze on him and ordered: "Run forward!" Archik begged that at least he and his wife be spared. But to no avail! Hayka Mansfeld was married to an ethnic German… when the Russians had come, he vanished without a trace. Hayka naïvely assumed that her German papers would protect her now. She approached the table holding a sheaf of papers, which she hoped would save her life. She also gave the names of her sister and her husband and children [and many other relatives], in an attempt to extend the "wings" of her German rights over them. The German told her to stand aside while he checked her documents. She stood there, confident that she had saved both herself and those [relatives] that she had brought with her. He [the German] then turned to her and asked: – Who are these with you? – My husband was a German, but the Russians… He raged: "You dared to live with a German!" as though accusing her of a very serious crime. He directed her forward, to join those doomed to death.