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Jewish cemetery

בית הקברות

Cemetery where the deceased were buried; its gravestones are described as destroyed.

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... צום בית־הקברות. שפעטער אבער איז דאס אויך מער נישט דערלויבט געװארן. װען אײנער איז געשטארבן האט מען אים שטילערהײט געבראכט צו קבורה, און דאם בעטצײג — ארויסגענומען הינטער דער שטאט און פארברענט...
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... בכל ױם יצאתי עם אחי לעבודות אצל הגרמנים• באחד הימים מםר לי מפקד המשטרה היהודית בחמילניק פסטרנק כי מרבית היהודים שברחו לכפרים נהרגו בירױת ע״י הגרמנים. גװױתיהם גאםפו ורוכזו בבית הקברות היהודי. ...
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Mass killing of Jews who fled to villages
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Burial of victims in a mass grave
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Chmielnik Jewish community
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Associated events
Murder
Mass killing of Jews who fled to villages

Most Jews who fled to villages were reportedly shot by Germans; bodies were gathered at the cemetery.

Death
Burial of victims in a mass grave

Narrator and others buried approximately 300 victims in a mass grave at the Jewish cemetery.