Murder story of Kolodyanka Jews in the Dubrovka Forest

A Ukrainian who was an acquaintance of ours rushed to us and said: "Moszko [Ida's brother], they are calling for you. He did not say that they were calling for the Jews in order to kill them, although he surely was well enough aware of this. Ten men and a woman who was unwilling to be separated from her husband were taken. A German had to separate her [from the group] by force. The children cried. She refused [to be separated], was stubborn and insisted so that she ended up being murdered together with her husband. It was a nice, clear day in early July 1941! They were taken to the Dubrawka [sic] Woods and shot there. The Germans abused and tortured them before killing them. They cut a Star of David on my brother's chest. The others were cut deeply on their heads before they were shot. The abused bodies were left in the woods until Jews from nearby villages buried them. Dmitriy, who had been the village head during the Soviet period, treated the Jews there nicely. He was reported to the Germans for this and [as a result] he was murdered together with the Jews. After several hours, my sister-in-law thought it would be a good idea to bring some food to my brother. She ran there but found him dead.