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Murder story of Postawy Jews on the Bank of the Miadziołka River in Postawy
Murder Site
Myadelka River Area
Poland
On July 7, 1941, eight people, including several Jews, were arrested as Soviet activists and shot. Four months later, their bodies were found in a pit near the Miadziołka River.
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Riva Fridman, who was born in 1904 and lived in Postawy during the war years, testifies:
…My husband, Levin Wulfovich Fridman, was arrested on July 7, 1941, and, on the same day, he was shot as a Soviet activist, together with seven other persons. Their names are: Olga Suvich, Chaim Shapiro, [name unclear] Zelik, R. Fridman.… They were all shot as Soviet activists.… Four months later, my son and I found the bodies of my husband and the others who had been shot outside the town, in a pit by the river….
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-89-13 copy YVA M.33 / JM/20015
Myadelka River Area
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Murder Site
Poland
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