Borisoglibska, 16

According to available data, the pogrom took place on October 4 (old style).

 

At 2–3 o’clock in the afternoon, six people in military uniforms entered the yard through the fence separating houses No. 14 and 16 on Borisoglibska Street; among them were two in lieutenant uniforms and one civilian, a Tatar who lived in house No. 11 on Brestska Street. Those who entered said they knew for sure that machine gun fire had been fired from this house. They reassured everyone that they were not bandits, but had only come to confiscate property. After checking the documents of everyone in the apartment, the “lieutenant” wrote the name “Morgulis” on some forged papers and drew a red star, arresting this man as a communist. The remaining attackers, under the guise of a search, carried out armed robberies in neighboring apartments. After paying 10,000 rubles, the robbers left.

 

At the beginning of the raid, residents called the City Council and reported the attack. Half an hour later, a member of the City Council, Zagorsky K., arrived with two guards, but the bandits had already left by that time. The next morning, one of the robbers, the same “lieutenant,” being drunk, reappeared in the yard, looking for money. Having received what he needed, he left.

 

The non-Jewish population of the house took the most active part in hiding Jews, negotiating with robbers, etc.