Murder story of Janow Jews in the Janów Area Forest

In early July 1941, the German authorities ordered some of the Jewish carters to transport some cargo, and the Germans minding that cargo, to the German headquarters, which lay 12-15 kilometers from Janów. Despite being only a boy, I was the one who drove our cart. My father managed to hide, and a local policeman, who knew of my ability to control horses, forced me to harness a horse and immediately set off toward the dispatch point. In the afternoon, 20 carts took to the road. When we were about 2-3 kilometers from our destination, the string of carts was divided in two. My cart was among those that reached the village outskirts and were unloaded. An officer ordered us to stay and wait for a special order. Several minutes later, a German soldier came up to one of the drivers, Chemerinskiy, who lived on our own Krasnyy Partisan Street, and said something to him. Chmerinsky immediately ordered us to hurry back [to Janów]. We urged the horses to go faster, trying to get as far as possible from that place. When we had reached Janów, Chemerinskiy told us that the German soldier had informed him that an order to shoot the Jewish cart drivers was being prepared.… Those who were in the second group did not return; they were shot in the forest on the outskirts of the village. It was the first mass shooting of the Jews of our village.