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The Germans
entered Lutsk on June 25. The next day, Ukrainians perpetrated a
pogrom including looting, beatings, and murdered several Jews. On
June 27, a vanguard unit of an Einsatzkommando reached the town.
Visiting the local prison, the unit discovered the corpses of
numerous inmates, including Ukrainians whom the Soviets had murdered
before their retreat. The German military administration and
Ukrainian nationalist leaders accused the Jews of the murders, and
300 Jews were rounded up and executed on June 30 in reprisal. On
July, 2, Jewish men were summoned for work, about 2000 of them were
taken to the Lubart Fortress and murdered. German soldiers from
rearguard units stationed in the city participated in the murder. |
