According to some sources, prior to the shooting the Germans rounded up the Jewish men and forced them to retrieve books from the local library building. As the books were being burned in a bonfire, the Jews were beaten and abused. Other sources refer to the district Consumer Union building as the place where the Jews were held before the shooting. Over the next two days, August 5-6, 1941, the local Jews were shot. According to some testimonies, all the Jews of the village were executed in the Grecziszcze Ravine northwest of Telechany. Other sources indicate that the men were separated from the women and children, and were shot elsewhere; however, they fail to specify the location. The victims were forced to kneel and shot in the back of the head. Afterward, most of the SS soldiers left the shooting site, but some stayed behind to finish off the Jewish survivors.

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