Jerry is correct, the people buried in the mass grave #96, in the cemetery,
were shot individually, mostly in the lower part of town in Czernowitz.
Their bodies were taken to the Leichenhalle/ceremonial hall, where they lay
for a few days, until permission was granted to bury them.
Mimi
On 8/29/09 4:53 AM, "yosi-jerry" <eshet1_at_netvision.net.il> wrote:
> Hi All
> Just to clear up historical facts. In Czernowitz and few other places the
> mass murders ("holocaust by bullets") were performed at one site and the
> burial at another site (in this case the cemetery) so there was no question
> of the earth moving after the burial. Albeit there were many other places
> (one of them is "Baby Yahr" in Kiyev) were the people were ordered to dig a
> trench, lined up at it's edge, shot, and fell inside. Nevertheless there
> were some who were only wounded so when the trench was covered the earth
> above the trench could be seen moving with their breath. There are a few
> miraculous cases of people who succeeded to survive by pretending death and
> scrambling out at night. These horrible facts are mentioned not provoke
> hate, but remind and warn every member of the Human race that - as it is
> written in our Bible - evil lays always at our threshold and it it's our
> choice to avoid it.
> I wish you all on the coming holidays a happy, healthy, and prosperous new
> year SHANA TOVA!
> Yosef Eshet, Raanana, Israel
>
>
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