Mass Grave Database - Based On Early Testemonies

Where vicitims are from, last know location	Szczebrzeszyn
Town/county where mass grave is located	Szczebrzeszyn
Mass Grave Location	The Jewish cemetery (Some bodies exhumed and sent toward Zamosc
Date of Murder	October 21 1942
Numer of Victims	500
Names of Victims Mentioned
Full Testimony	On 21 October 1942, the Germans conducted a final extermination of Jews in Szczebrzeszyn. All the local Jews were herded to the square in front of the City Hall (...) and next to the Jewish cemetery, meanwhile they were being shot on the streets. At the Jewish cemetery took place a mass execution of about 500 people, children, women and men. (...) After the first time, the Germans unearthed the mass graves and began transporting the decomposed bodies in trucks toward Zamość.
Testimony Number	301/5503
page in longer testimony	page 2
Date of Testimony	July 3 1956
Name of Witness	Zofia Skoczek
Current Country	Poland