Murder story of Złoczów Jews at the Złoczów Old Brickyard

In April 1943, the Germans murdered eleven Jews (seven men and four women) in the area of the old brickyard in Złoczów, “at the faubourg.” Among them was the Wachmann family – the father, the mother, their adult son, and his fiancée. I watched it from my home, on the hill across from the brickyard. There were clay pits in the area of the brickyard, and the people were taken in three groups to one of these pits. [The Jews] were guarded by two German rural policemen and two Ukrainian militiamen, who were under the command of Moskalevich. The men had to undress first, in two groups – four, and then three – while the four women had to watch the execution. The women were shot dead in the end. Moskalevich, despite being unarmed and dressed in plain clothes, approached one of the German rural policemen and asked him for permission to kill these Jewish women…. He was given a submachine gun, and I watched from my window as he shot Wachmann's wife and her daughter-in-law. They were completely calm. Both of them waved farewell to their husband and son, as the latter were taken to the grave. I lived in Złoczów with "Aryan" papers, and worked as an accountant at that brickyard, so that I was able to watch this tragedy….