“Did you go into several houses to see what was inside?” “Yes, we did the rounds of the village.” “So, during the three days that the Jews were shut up in the ghetto, the villagers emptied their houses?” “Yes, people took everything…. I didn’t follow the column to the ditches. I saw them leave, and I went into the houses. I thought I might find a watch, a knife, or some other useful object…. I went with a few other boys. And then we joined up with the Jews.”
