Holocaust in Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

The Ger mans be gan to search the dis trict thor oughly. The sol -diers of the 13th Guards men Reg i ment, who were ac com mo -dated in the dis trict, and those of the 24th Ar til lery Reg i ment alsopar tic i pated in the op er a tion. They were led by a Lance-Ser geantof the 13th Guards men Reg i ment.On this oc ca sion, due to the pro voc a tive be hav ior of the Jews,the sol diers, and to a greater ex tent the Chris tian com mu nity whojoined them, at tacked the Jews and com mit ted cer tain of fences.On the eve ning of June 28, at approx. 20.30 hrs, I was in formedby the dis trict po lice of fices that all over town there was ran domgun fire from houses in hab ited by Jews.We were in formed of the same fact by the Ger man Head quar tersalso, while they were putt ing more pa trols into ac tion in the town./... /The ag gres sors had in creased their fire power, and the pa trolsand units march ing through the town re turned fire. /.../At this time (3 o’clock) spe cial units con sist ing of Gen darmes,sol diers and po lice men were formed, which pro ceeded to sur -round the build ings from which the shots were com ing. They alsochecked every per son found in the build ings. /...../An at mo sphere of hos til ity against Jews emerged, and as a con -se quence all the Jews were col lected from the buildings fromwhere the shots came, and taken to the Cen tral Po lice Sta tion.Some Jews, who were ag gres sive and re sisted, were abused,and those who turned out to be guilty be yond doubt were shotdead.On the morn ing of June 29, at 09.00 hrs, there were approx.1,000 Jews in the yard of the Cen tral Po lice Sta tion. /.../The Ro ma nian cit i zens fully con vinced that the com mu nist Jewswere shoot ing, at tacked the Cen tral Po lice Sta tion de nounc ingev ery Jew liv ing in a build ing from which shots were fired. /..../On June 29, at approx. 13.15 hrs, shots were fired at Germansol diers po si tioned around and in the yard of the Cen tral PoliceSta tion. They be came ter ri bly angry that com mu nists with theirshoot ing had wanted to help the Jews es cape. They, there fore,shot into the Jews, kill ing a num ber of them. /.../135