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Murder story of Złoczów Jews in the Złoczów Ghetto
Murder Site
Zloczow
Poland
According to the testimony of Holocaust survivor Anczel Kremmitzer, on April 2, 1943, during the liquidation of the ghetto, numerous Jews from Złoczów were murdered in various places in the ghetto area.
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Written Testimonies
Anczel Kremmitzer, who was born in 1907 in Zloczow and lived there during the war years, testifies:
…On the night of April 1-2, 1943, all those in charge of the ghetto – i.e., the Judenrat [members], the Jewish police[men], etc. – were arrested. On April 2, 1943, the liquidation of the ghetto began.…
The first group – that is, those rounded up on April 1 – were taken to Yelykhovychi…. The rest were shot dead in the ghetto and buried in the sacred place [cemetery?]…
YVA M.1 / 64
Zloczow
Ghetto
Poland
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