Mass Grave Database - Based On Early Testemonies

Where vicitims are from, last know location	Zolochiv
Town/county where mass grave is located	Zolochiv Castle
Mass Grave Location	in the Zolochiv Castle
Date of Murder	beginning of July 1941
Numer of Victims	5000
Names of Victims Mentioned
Full Testimony	After two weeks [beginning of July 1941] the Germans entered Zolochiv and conducted an extermination of Jews - 5,000 Jews were killed in the Zolochiv Castle. The execution was conducted as follows: the Jews were herded in the Zolochiv Castle, ordered to dig pits and while doing that, the Germans where shooting and the Jews were falling into the pits. On the way to the Castle, the Ukrainian were beating us on the heads and necks with axes, so we were barely alive when we reached the Castle. 3,000 Jews hid in Zolochiv and they survived. During this massacre, I was so scared that I passed out - the bodies were falling on me, they covered me and thanks to that I survived.
Testimony Number	301/531
page in longer testimony	page 1
Date of Testimony	Sosnowice July 17th, 1945
Name of Witness	Chaim Wittelsohn
Current Country	Ukraine