Event · Deportation
Transport to the Augustow Forests
Prisoners were transported under armed guard to an open field in the Augustow Forests.
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Then came another day — more gruesome than all
that had preceded it. We were all loaded onto a special
wagon, used to cart off condemned men to be shot,
and, under stringent security by police armed with
machine guns, we were taken to an open field in the
Augustow Forests. The Nazis equipped us with shovels
and hooks. Not knowing for what purpose we were to
use these implements, we understood nevertheless that
something terrible lay ahead. The place where we were
left was cordoned off with barbed wire and surrounded
by police with machine guns. ...Connected nodes