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278 LUBOML
nothing would happen to the Jews under his
jurisdiction. But this was only subterfuge and a
Nazi's cruel dismissal of the Jews' fears.
During the intermediary days of the Sukkot
holiday, many additional Ukrainian police and
SS were brought to the city. Fear heightened, and
the head of the Judenrat ran to the commissar to
ask him about it and was told: "It's nothing; it's
for a police parade and that's all."
Insulted and deceived, the head of the Judenrat
came back. The young people who had obtained
weapons and a few other brave souls hurried to
get out of the ghetto, but the watch became more
stringent and the ghetto was surrounded, so there
was no chance of escaping. At three in the morning
of Hoshana Rabba, 5703, police entered the
ghetto, chased the Jews out of their houses,
searched and found them, in bunkers and hideouts,
and brought them to the marketplace. From
there they were taken on their last journey, to the
pits that had been dug by them. They were shot
immediately and their bodies dumped into the
pits. There were 4,000 victims that day. It was
like that for seven days, and the Nazis and their
cohorts brought groups of Jews who were caught
in secret hiding places in the ghetto and on the
roads-3,000 soulsand they, too, were added to
those already occupying the L-shaped pits.
This mass grave swallowed 7,000 people.
Another grave containing 600 people was found a
little farther away from the larger grave. A total of
10,000 Jews from Luboml and the vicinity were
murdered and their memorial day is Hoshana
Rabba, 5703, October 1, 1942. When the Russians
returned, they opened the large grave of 7,000
victims for inspection.
Of all the residents of Luboml, only 51 survived,
most of whom found their way to Israel, or
to relatives in America.
(printed in Notebook of Volhynia)