Prużana Area
Shortly after the occupation of Prużana (according to some testimonies, on July 10, 1941), about 15-18 Jews were assembled and shot about two kilometers from the town. Some testimonies indicate that the other Jews remained ignorant of the victims’ fate for the first ten days after the massacre.
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Linowo Area
A group of ghetto inmates performing forced labor were ordered to dig trenches in an area 5-6 kilometers from Prużana, on the way to the village of Linowo. When the trenches were ready, several groups of Jews were brought over from the ghetto in large covered trucks. When the vehicles approached the trench, they were turned around, with their back ends facing the lip of the trench. The bodies of the trucks were raised, and the victims fell straight into the trench. They were then shot with machine guns. The date of this murder operation remains unknown, but its victims apparently numbered in the dozens.
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