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Murder Story of Rogachov Jews in Ostrozhok
Murder Site
Ostrozhok
Ukraine (USSR)
The Jewish children separated from their parents remained locked in the club for two days after the adults were shot. Apparently they were of various ages, including infants. On the third day the police brought carts to the club, loaded the children onto them, and took them to pits, where some of the victims were shot and some thrown in. The murder operation site was apparently near the cemetery of Ostrozhok village. Probably non-Jewish children were also shot in the vicinity of the village. The exact number of victims is not known.
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Written Testimonies
Grigoriy Vaynerman, who was born in 1927 and lived in Rogachov during the war years, testifeid:
…Young children remained in the club. For two days afterwards the club was locked and no one was allowed to come in to those children. Their crying and weeping were heard all over the village. Then the Ukrainians demanded that something be done about these children. The village head and the commandant ordered carts to be brought. Policemen helped throw the children onto the carts. The children were taken outside Rogachov, thrown into pits alive or murdered. The earth heaved until the next day. These horrors are impossible to describe or to relate.
"The Horrors for the Jewish Population Began From the First Days of the Occupation" in Boris Zabarko, ed., Only We Remained Alive (Kiev, 2000), pp.79-80 (in Russian)
Ostrozhok
Murder Site
Ukraine (USSR)
50.416;27.716