In September 1941, the Germans informed the Jews that on September 17 they would be deported to the county center of Lepel and resettled in a special territory. They were also notified that the entire family of anyone absent on the day of deportation would be executed. Accompanied by Germans and local policemen, the Jews of Kamen were thus deported by foot and cart (according to another testimony, by truck) to a pit half a kilometer from the village of Borki. The Jews quickly understood the real goal of the Germans: their extermination. During the procession, 40-year-old Meise (Moisei) Aksentsov struck a nearby policeman with a shovel and managed to escape. The remaining 177 Jews of Kamen (according to a different source, 153 Jews) were shot and buried in the pit at Borki.

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