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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	Remove from selection Add to selection Número del objetoM1996/033:026 DescripciónRusted piece of a shoe buckle found in the mass grave during the archaelogical excavation at Serniki. Used as material evidence in the War Crimes Trial in Australia. The Jews of Serniki were murdered in one day in early September 1942, presumably on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. The German execution squad arrived shortly before lunch and left in the late afternoon. With the help of local collaborators, the Jews were rounded up and brought to a pit 40 metres long and 5 metres wide on the outskirts of the village. The victims were forced to lie face down on the floor of the pit, while marksmen at the edge of the pit targeted the heads of the victims. Other victims were clubbed to death. Corpses were stacked on top of each other in layers. A considerable number of Jews did escape the slaughter by fleeing into the forests. Those who were later found were shot. Altogether, about 850 men, women and children were massacred. Lugar de producciónSerniki, Ukraine Temawar crimes, pit killings, genocide, archaeology, mass graves, archaeology Nombre del objetobuckles Materialmetal Dimensiones width: 25.00 mm length: 40.00 mm Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the War Crimes Investigation Unit

Número del objetoM1996/033:026

DescripciónRusted piece of a shoe buckle found in the mass grave during the archaelogical excavation at Serniki. Used as material evidence in the War Crimes Trial in Australia.

The Jews of Serniki were murdered in one day in early September 1942, presumably on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. The German execution squad arrived shortly before lunch and left in the late afternoon. With the help of local collaborators, the Jews were rounded up and brought to a pit 40 metres long and 5 metres wide on the outskirts of the village. The victims were forced to lie face down on the floor of the pit, while marksmen at the edge of the pit targeted the heads of the victims. Other victims were clubbed to death. Corpses were stacked on top of each other in layers. A considerable number of Jews did escape the slaughter by fleeing into the forests. Those who were later found were shot. Altogether, about 850 men, women and children were massacred.

Lugar de producciónSerniki, Ukraine

Temawar crimes, pit killings, genocide, archaeology, mass graves, archaeology

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Materialmetal

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Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by the War Crimes Investigation Unit

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