Murder story of Wiazyn Jews in the Wiazyń Area

One morning [in June 1942], they [the Germans] ordered all the Jews out into the street and lined us up, supposedly in order to send us to work.... But my parents and I realized what really lay in store for us, because it concerned everybody – the children and the adults alike. They lined us up, four people in a row. I went along.… Mother walked on the right; my sister walked in the middle, followed by father, and I was on the left edge. We were being escorted, and I understood, despite being only a little boy, that something horrible was about to happen to us. Snezhko, the police chief, was walking literally one step away from me, holding a rifle.... And when we reached our destination, I saw the sand and the ditch, and realized that this was the end! I darted to the left, and he [Snezhko] was surprised by my rash action. He opened fire and wounded me in the left shoulder.... I managed to escape into a nearby rye field, losing my pursuers.