Mass Grave Database - Based On Early Testemonies

Where vicitims are from, last know location	Sedziszow (Jews from Sedziszow, Wodzisław and Szczekociny)
Town/county where mass grave is located	Sedziszow
Mass Grave Location	The meadow close to the railway station
Date of Murder	Eve of Yom Kippur 1942
Numer of Victims
Names of Victims Mentioned
Full Testimony	In the eve of Yom Kippur in 1942, at 6 a.m. Gestapo, Gendarmes, Ukrainians in black uniforms and Blue Police surrounded Sędziszów. [...] Gendarmes, Gestapo and Ukrainians ordered Jews to gather on the main square. When all of them were already there: old, young, men, women and children, they were herded towards the meadow situated close to the railway station. The group also included elderly Jews from Wodzisław and Szczekociny. They were all killed, and buried the same night by the local people.
Testimony Number	301/3549
page in longer testimony	page 4
Date of Testimony	Częstochowa, 30 March 1948
Name of Witness	Najman Mojzesz
Current Country	Poland