Murder story of Kortelisy Jews in the Młynowo Area

[Question]: Tell me please, when did it [the murder] take place, approximately [since], I understand that you can't give us the exact date… [Answer]: … maybe in 1942. [Question]: Was it in the summer, fall, winter, or spring? [Answer]: They were shot to death in the summer, yes, in the summer. [Question]: Tell me please, in the summer of 1942 were the pits dug then or were there already [anti-tank] trenches there? [Answer]: There were fields… I didn't see it but … [non-Jewish] neighbors [told me] that they [the Germans] took them [Jews] and made them dig a pit… [Question]: They themselves dug the pit? [Answer]: It is possible that they dug the pit by themselves, yes. And they were buried there on the hill near the road. [Question]: Do you know whether they were stripped naked before being shot? [Answer]: I don't know, maybe the neighbors know… [Question]: They were about 40 people, is that right, or even more? [Answer]: They were perhaps more than 40, I can't say exactly how many they were … [Question]: Tell me, who did the shooting – [Ukrainian auxiliary] policemen or Germans? [Answer]: Germans. [Question]: Germans by themselves? [Answer]: Germans by themselves. … They came [to the village] dressed in civilian clothes. This was done on purpose to catch them [Jews] … that's what people said. … And they [Germans] entered each house and those [Jews] whom they saw they took away with them alive … . [Question]: Did the Germans come in trucks? [Answer]: Yes, in trucks, that's what people said.… [Question]: So they [Jews] were driven out of their houses and all taken there, is that right? [Answer]: Yes, they were driven there [to the field]…