Murder Story of Równe Jews on Belaia Street in Równe

According to one testimony, in July 1941, during the kidnapping of Jewish men from the streets by the Germans, a group of men was taken to Belaia Street and put to death there. After the mass shooting in the Sosenki Forest on November 7-9, 1941, the Germans combed through the city for hidden Jews. Any Jews they found would be thrown into special covered trucks. Apparently, the arrestees were then taken to the Gestapo jail on Belaia Street and held there for a short while. Some were taken directly to Belaia Street, where several pits had been prepared near the timber warehouse. Upon reaching the killing site, the Jews were ordered to strip naked. The Germans positioned the undressed people on the knoll and ordered them to get down. Those unwilling to approach the pit were beaten and shot on the spot. As the people ran down toward the pits, the Germans shot them. However, according to another testimony, the victims were ordered to get into the pit and lie face down, whereupon the Germans shot them with machine guns. In some cases, elderly people, women, and little children were buried alive. After the shooting, the Germans covered the pit with soil. The possessions of the murdered Jews were taken to the local administration building and sorted through, with the choicest items being shipped to Germany. Following the liquidation of the ghetto on July 13, 1942, the few Jews that had been caught hiding on the ghetto grounds or in its vicinity were taken to the gardens adjacent to Belaia Street and killed on the spot. At various times during the German occupation of Równe, people of other nationalities were also shot on Belaia Street.