They were guarded and watched by the white arm banders, the squad of
Linkuva and by local policemen. For one week the women, children and elderly
were kept as a prisoner. On 6 August 1941, they were forced to leave their prison and to take
their luggage and to go to Morkakalnis. This all under strict supervision.
Some hundred meters of the spot, the Jewish women, children and elderly
were forced to undress and to walk further. When they arrived at Morkakalnis and
saw the big and long hole, already dug (by local peasants, who were forced to do
this by Simkevicius,
Gigevicius and others), the women realized what would happen and they started to scream and to cry. The guards
belonging to the squad of Linkuva and to the squad of
Petras Pozela made sticks of branches and beat the women,
children and elderly. Some of the women were raped.
Both squads did the shootings, in groups from five human beings
per time.
The Germans took photographs, filmed and supervised the scene.
After the murdering of the Jewish women, children and elderly, the pit
was covered with earth. The blood was still to be seen everywhere , especially
on the trees. Some of the clothing and shoes and other belongings stayed on the
spot and the next day when Zenonas Gegeckas watched the spot, he and also other
children discovered clothes, some shoes, hair
combs and other personal objects. The
blood was still to be seen everywhere and Zenonas was completely
devastated, realizing what had happened to his dear friends
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