Velyka Vasylkivs'ka, 43

History of the pogrom

During the pogrom, all Jewish apartments in the building were looted. 

On the morning of October 3, a detachment commanded by officers stopped nearby; there were more horses than people. The officer waved his hand and the soldiers scattered. They entered building 50 and left three minutes later carrying some bundles. Then they went in and out of the courtyard of house 50. Another group of soldiers stopped a student. After talking to them, he took off his jacket and put on a coat over his shirt, then left. About 30 people rushed and started knocking on the door of house 43. The officers watched. The soldiers opened the door because it was broken. Threatening with a revolver, they demanded to be shown the Jewish apartments, then simply ran through the apartments. They acted hastily. They robbed the apartments of doctors, lawyers, technicians, and others (mostly people in the liberal professions). They broke in, demanded money, and searched pockets. They tore off jewelry and took whatever they could get their hands on. They smashed cabinets with sabers and rifle butts in their haste. They did not touch apartment 13, because a baptized Jewess named Schwartz lived there, nor did they touch apartment 1, because the owner, Rubenstein, was on the 6th floor. Some residents were struck with sabers. Another group of soldiers looted Shklyarevsky's grocery store and Rabinovich's tailor shop. When they began to break the store's windows, an officer approached, holding a watch in his hands, and nervously gave a signal. After that, all the soldiers dispersed on horseback.