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Murder story of Dolhinow Jews in the Dołhinów Area
Murder Site
Dołhinów Area
Poland
On April 29, 1942, the Security Police and SS who had arrived from Wilejka surrounded the ghetto and, on the next day, began to gather the Jews for a second "Aktion." Taught by bitter experience, many Jews of the Dołhinów ghetto had constructed sophisticated bunkers for themselves; some of them were two- and even three-storeys deep. Many others tried to escape to the forests. The Germans took more than 1,000 Jews under guard east of the town and shot them. Several hundred skilled workers remained in the ghetto. Those workers were killed on May 21, 1942.
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German Reports / Romanian Reports
SS-Unterscharführer Lippa, who participated in the massacre of the Dołhinów Jews, reported to his superior:
On March 29 and 30 we carried out our second Jewish Aktion in Dołhinów. During our first Aktion in Dołhinów we succeeded in catching only some of the Jews. During this one, however, we set up [einrichten] a ghetto in Dołhinów. The Aktion in Dołhinów was remarkable in that the Jews had prepared real bunkers as hiding places. For two days we had to search and clear out [the ghetto] partly with the aid of hand-grenades. There were some shelters that had three storeys under the ground.
ZENTRALE STELLE, LUDWIGSBURG 11 (4) AR-Z 20/63 copy YVA O.53 / 158
Dołhinów Area
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Murder Site
Poland
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