I lived in Fasty village, Bacieczki commune, Białystok county, and my house was situated about 100 m from the place of mass executions conducted by Germans. (...) I myself saw 4 times about 40 Jews digging a pit (...) 2 m long, 2 m wide and 2 m deep. (...) [...] When all the people entered the ditch, a command to "fire" and other commands in German were heard. First there was a burst of fire, later only single shots. I saw that more or less 30 to 40 people left each truck. (...) 3 pits were filled on that day, correction, 2 or 3, I do not remember exactly. (...) The pits used to be dug on Thursday and Friday and the executions used to take place on Monday and Tuesday. |