Poninka Forest
Apparently in July 1941 a group of Jewish men was ordered to report for road construction and to take work tools with them. They were taken to a forest about 2 kilometers from Poninka, forced to dig pits, and then shot to death, apparently by a German unit. In late August or early September 1941 the remaining Jews of the town – mostly women, children, and old people - were collected at the local paper factory. According to one testimony, they were told to take with them their documents, gold, and other valuables since they were supposedly going to be sent to Palestine. A group of needed specialists (mainly artisans and craftsmen) was put aside. The rest of the Jews were taken in several covered trucks, under guard by Ukrainian auxiliary policemen and members of the security police and an SS unit, to the same forest where Jewish men had been murdered in July. The victims were forced to strip naked and were lined up in groups at the edge of the pits. They were shot to death with machineguns, apparently by Ukrainian policemen. After the murder operation workers from the paper factory, along with Ukrainian auxiliary policemen, covered the pits with earth. The clothes of the victims were carried off by local Ukrainians.
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Poninka Railway Crossing
On June 25, 1942 a round up was carried out among the inmates of the ghetto. After leaving in the ghetto several skilled workers and professionals and several young Jewish men and women, the Germans, together with Ukrainian auxiliary policemen, took the rest of the ghetto's 750 inmates, mainly women and children, beyond the railway crossing located not far from the ghetto, near the road to the village of Poninka. The Jews were placed in groups at the edge of pits (which, according to one testimony, had been dug by Jewish men several days earlier), forced to take off their clothes, and shot to death, apparently by security police and an SD unit. According to one testimony, persons from mixed marriages were shot to death at the site as well. After the murder the clothes of the victims were taken to the town.
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