Połonka Forest
In June 1942 farmers from nearby villages were mobilized to dig a huge trench for defense purposes.On August 12, 1942, toward the morning, SS men, German rural policemen, and Belarusian policemen surrounded the village. About 10 young men escaped to the forest and joined the partisans. The remaining Jews were collected and taken to the huge pit [trench] that had been dug near Połonka and shot with submachine-guns and thrown into the pit. The Germans and auxiliary policemen searched from house to house for people in hiding and whoever was found was shot on the spot.
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Center of the Połonka Village
On the day that the Germans entered Połonka they encountered two families of refugees, probably Jews [even though the memorial to them has a cross), killed them on the spot, and buried them there.
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Połonka Area
On April 18, 1942 Germans and local policemen rounded up about 300 (or 140, according to one source) old people and children and killed them just outside Połonka.
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