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Murder story of Chomsk Jews in the Chomsk Area
Murder Site
Chomsk Area
Poland
The surviving Jews of Chomsk, who had apparently been working as artisans in the town ghetto from about mid-August 1941, were shot on May 21-22, 1942 – the date of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot that year. They were gathered at a public school playground and taken in rows of four to the outskirts of the town. According to some testimonies, the number of people killed in that operation was about 200.
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Written Testimonies
Joseph Beder, who was born in Chomsk in 1912 and lived there during the war years, testified:
And so nine months passed – until Shavuot 1942 [May 21-22].… Suddenly, the Germans arrived. It was on Shavuot 1942. They occupied the playground of the public school. They rounded up a couple hundred Jews from Chomsk and Szerszow, led them out of the town, and shot them all on the spot.… I heard how the Germans had surrounded the houses, chased all the Jews out of them, and marched them in rows of four to the outskirts of the town. I also heard the sounds of machine gun fire. I then realized that they had killed the last remaining Jews.
YVA O.3 / 2285
Chomsk Area
Murder Site
Poland
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