The ditch was rectangular, with a dirt staircase at each end so the Jews could get into the ditch rapidly from both sides at once. The Jews were supposed to lie down head to toe, making two lines down the ditch and leaving an aisle in between. The shooters circulated in the aisle, shooting the Jews from left to right. “There were three shooters. They relieved one another…. At the beginning, the shooters were outside the ditch; then they went down into the ditch to shoot. Here is the ditch!”
