Eugene Feldman - July 15, 1991
Liquidation of Ghetto
Okay.
We got there that night. We stayed overnight. In fact we stayed al...already in the attic. The next morning they killed everybody. So actually...
What made your father think at that point that they were going...
What did my father think?
What made him think they were going to start killing people?
I haven't got the slightest idea. He never confi...he felt very guilty about that, I think, because he never talked about it. Why did he dig a hole just for himself?
When he dug the hole for himself...
Why did he do that and did he say anything to us? See...
Where was your mother at the time?
I think mom knew about that hole.
Where--she...
But she you know you know, the husband was the bo...you know, the boss.
So where was she when he was...
At home.
In the house.
With us. She was not involved with it. It was just he's going to save himself. I didn't know, I didn't know anything about it either. I didn't know, I don't know. Maybe I wa...I saw him digging, I didn't realize what it's all about. I don't know, I was so dumb, innocent. Didn't--I didn't know anything about it. Didn't expect anybody come and kill us the next day, whatever. I didn't know that.
And you were...
The only time I knew that they really starting to kill is when we were trying to get out of that camp, ghetto through the wires and we saw some bodies laying on the, on the ground. I guess that's when I realized that they are going to kill, kill us.
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