Murder story of Tuczyn Jews in the Tuczyn Pogrom

…On Saturday evening [in July 1941], a group of Ukrainian policemen [sic for Ukrainian nationalists] carried out a pogrom in the town. They were armed with knives, axes, and boards studded with large nails. They went from house to house, shredding human bodies with nails, cutting out tongues, gouging out eyes, [and] bisecting the bodies [of the victims]. On Sunday morning, [the Jews] began to gather the bodies and take them to the [Jewish] cemetery, while the injured ones [were taken] to the hospital or to local doctors. All the [Ukrainian] policemen who had taken part in the pogrom were on duty the next day. They sent the injured back home, feigning surprise: "How come there are so many killed and injured people?" The pogrom claimed the lives of 60 Jews, and another 10 succumbed to their wounds [later].... The Ukrainian medical orderly Humanyuk refused to give medical assistance to the injured. He claimed that the Jews had lived for too long….

…On Shabbat (Saturday) [sic], July 22, 1941, the Ukrainian [nationalists] carried out a pogrom in the town. Toward evening, the [Ukrainian] gangs rampaged [through the town] and beat the Jews with crowbars, showing no mercy to the elderly people, women, and babies. Heart-rending cries issued from all the houses. That night, 25 [sic for 70] Jews were murdered. Many were badly injured, and there was no one to help them. Among the murdered were [the following persons]: Shmuel Agres, Mrs. Hisdu, Asher Zavodnik and his three sons, Mrs. Sarel (who was the mother of 7 children), the 15-year-old daughter of David the tailor, the son of Yaakov the shoemaker together with his wife and their child, the wife of Sioma Sapozhnik, and others. My own beloved wife and 7-year-old daughter were among the injured….