Murder story of Bolechow Jews under the Bridge over the Sukieł River in Bolechów

…For the first four weeks after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the Ukrainians were masters of Bolechów, and they took their toll of us. On the very first night [of their rule], a pogrom was perpetrated by individuals who had been considered Komsomol members under Soviet rule. Now, they showed their true colors. They burst into people's homes and drove the occupants out, targeting primarily their former Jewish colleagues. The two Grynberg brothers, Schindler, Zimmerman, Gartenberg, and others whose names I do not recall were among those killed.…

…The news kept coming in. "A few hours ago [on July 24, 1941], Leah Schindler was brutally murdered, with the killers gouging out her eyes first. An hour later, we learned that our friend Józef Feldsztajn and several friends of his had been shot on [sic for under] the Hoszów Bridge [presumably the bridge over the Sukieł River in Bolechów], while trying to get from Dolina to Bolechów [sic, most probably from Bolechów to Dolina]”.

… At the end of July, the Ukrainian militia arrested some twenty Jews. The were accused of communism and murdered without a trial. One week later, another group of Jews were murdered on the same charge….

…On the night of July 24, 1941, a group of Jews headed by Leah Schindler, most of them former members of the Komsomol [the Young Communist League], were shot dead. These twenty people were killed under the "Great Bridge" [i.e., the bridge over the Sukieł River, which flows through the town]. After this deed, Ukrainian-language leaflets were distributed [throughout the town]; they read: "The Jewish young Communists have killed their blood brothers," and so on.…