Murder story of Sevastopol Jews in the Sakharnaya Golovka Minefield

- Tell us, please: when you were here, did you hear that the Germans were shooting Jews? - I not only heard about that, but saw that as well. The Germans gathered the Jews… then they brought them to the mine field. They shot everyone with machine guns. - Where were these people from? - Sevastopol. - How did you know they were Jews? - It was clear; these Jews were walking through the mine field. - Do you remember the date and the month? - I think it was after the occupation of Sevastopol on July 22nd… It must’ve been the end of July or the beginning of August. I don’t remember. - So. less than a month? - Yes. - Where did you see it from? - We were on a hill, so you could see everything, the whole of Sakharnaya Golovka… We could watch how they were blown up. - Tell us please: did that scene – people walking through the mine field and blowing up, did it last for one day or more? - One day. They brought them at about 11 a.m. and made them walked through around 2 p.m. - How many people were there, do you remember? - How could I know? - Approximately? - Maybe, 400 or 500. A big crowd. Children, men, women, surrounded by Germans. - How many Germans were there? - I don’t know… the usual: cars, rifles etc. - So, do I understand correctly: some of the people were blown up and whoever made it to the end of the field was shot? - Yes, by a machine gun. - What happened afterwards? Did they take the bodies away or leave them there? - Yes, in 3 or 4 days they brought prisoners of war and specialists to clear the mine field… - Do you know if they buried the bodies there? - I don’t know. - What was the distance between you and the mine field? - A couple of kilometers. - Were there other boys with you? - Yes. But no one is alive anymore.