Object numberM1996/023:013
DescriptionArchival material and document from the Russian Government archives related to the Genocide of the Jewish people there. Copies, in Russian with English translations attached. Originals are in the Moscow archives.
This is the testimony of a witness to the mass shooting of the Jews of Rovno. He records how a friend told him how he witnessed the Jews deceived into thinking they were going to Poland but instead brought to a mass grave, stripped of their possessions of shot. He makes mention of a young mother shot and her child was buried alive.
This is the testimony of a witness to the mass shooting of the Jews of Rovno. He records how a friend told him how he witnessed the Jews deceived into thinking they were going to Poland but instead brought to a mass grave, stripped of their possessions of shot. He makes mention of a young mother shot and her child was buried alive.
Production placeRovno, Ukraine
SubjectWitness testimony, pit killings, mass graves
Language
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the Russian Government Archival Service