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Murder story of Młynów Jews in the Smordwa Forest

Murder Site
Smordwa Forest
Poland
On December 29, 1942, during a search for Jews who were hiding, that was carried out by an SD unit together with Ukrainian auxiliary policemen of Młynów, 25 Jews were shot to death in section 7 of the Smordwa Forest.
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ChGK Soviet Reports from Młynów
… [The following] was [also] established: On December 29, 1942 25 [Jews], including Mrs. Nudler and [her] two children of 11 or 12 were shot to death by Gestapo men in the 7th section of the Smordwa Forest. Also established was the brutal killing of the 5-year-old boy Izya G[r]inberg. After the Gestapo men cut off his arms, he was shot to death in his left temple with a pistol....
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-71-60 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19975
From the testimony of David Berenstein, who was born in 1924 near Młynów
… When I was hiding in the Smordwa Forest, there were thee also 120 Jews who had been hiding from the Germans. On December 29, 1942, the Germans, together with the [Ukrainian auxiliary] police of Młynów Region, carried out a search and [as a result] 25 [Jews] were shot to death by the Germans and [Ukrainian auxiliary] police in the 7th section of the Smordwa Forest. However, I escaped from there. From [former] residents of the town of Młynów I learned that Mrs. Nudler and her two children of about 11 and 12 had been shot to death. My father and I were also caught by the [Ukrainian auxiliary] police, and we were taken to be shot. I was beaten and then [my hands] were tied. When we were being taken through the [Smordwa] forest, my father untied my hands and threw sand into the policeman's eyes. Then I started to run, but my father was killed on the spot, I was wounded but, due to the fact that it was dark, I succeeded in hiding in the forest. I was also an eyewitness of the event when, on December 29, 1942, the Germans caught a 5-year-old boy in the Smordwa Forest and despite the fact that the boy pleaded for mercy and kissed the hands of the Germans, the German soldiers tore off his arms and then shot him to death. When I and some friends went to bury the bodies [of the shooting victims], we could see that the majority [of the victims] had been shot in the head.
GARF, MOSCOW R-7021-71-60 copy YVA M.33 / JM/19975
Smordwa Forest
Murder Site
Poland
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