The Jews were not allowed to bury the bodies of those who had been massacred by the < 'ossacks. These troops piled the bodies in hollows and then filled them up in order that the place of burial should not be recognized. By the order of Simossenko, who was the commander of a brigade, the massacres started at one o'clock in the afternoon, with cries of " Long Live Holy Ukraine ' " " Death to the Jews," and finished towards six o'clock, wlien " the lads fatigued with their work," returned to the barracks — to the sound of music — only to start their dread work the next day.
The Pogrom of Filchtinb (near Proskourow).
* This pogrom commenced on February 17th and was carried out by detachments coming from Proskourow. By order of the commandant of the troops of Simossenko, the Cossacks^
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billotted for the night in Jewish houses, seized all the exits from the town and commenced a general massacre of tlie Jews. Those who tried to escape were shot, women and children were hoisted on bayonets, bombs were thrown and garrets and cellars, where the paniostriclien populace attempted to hide themselves, were burned. The whole place was destroyed by flre — of the whole population, only twenty-five families remained alive. There was nobody to look after the wounded and bury the dead. Six hundred were killed and many wounded and mutilated.
The Pogrom of Balta.
The detachments of Petlura drove the whole Jewish population from tlie town, which was tlien given up to looting. Ninety Jews were killed. Old women were violated. The loot was carried off in military trains. The pillaging- lasted a whole week. They dragged from the trains Jews arriving from Balta, covered them with blows, and carried off all their goods. The pogroms were renewed on several occasions, causing each time numerous victims.
The Pogroms in Kornine.
On the night of February 20th, 1919, the troops of Petlura arrived in this city during their retreat and levied a contribution of 200,000 roubles. Drunken soldiers broke into the houses, attacked the population, carried oft aU goods of value on waggons and gave up all the rest to the populace. On February 27th a new detachment arrived which repeated the pogrom. Among those killed was the Rabbi whose body was cut open by the Cossacks. Peasants who wished to shelter the Jews were threatened with death. When the Jewish population hid themselves in the surrounding forests, soldiers on horseback organized a beat and forced the fugitives to return to the town, and perpetrated unmentionable atrocities upon them.
The Pogrom of Bogousi-aw.
This town changed liands about 20 times in one week. The shooting and the pillage commenced again with every new occupation. ITnally the unhappy population, having escaped so many horrors, and seized with terror, fled from these terrible plitces, without money and without clothes, in utter destitution.
The Pogrom of Ladyjenka.
In July, 1919, a peasant brought to the Jewish hospital of Ouman, the two last survivors of the Jewish population of this city, where before the pogrom there were 1,500 Jewish souls. There were two young girls, both frightfully beaten, woxmded and bitten. One had her nose cut, the other had her arms broken. They are at this moment in Kieff. Apart from their wounds they suffer from venereal diseases for which they are being treated (Report of the Red Cross).
The Pogrom of Krementschouo. •
All the horrors which took place in the above-mentioned towns are nothing in comparison witli what took place at Krementschoug, where the work of destruction commenced with the entry of the vohmteer troops into the town. The cries of grief and lamentation arose on all sides. All the Jewish houses were sacked and pillaged.
350 women were registered as violated, neither children of twelve years nor old women of sixty being spared. After being violated the little girls were thrown into the water. closets.
The Pogroms of Fabtov.
A terrible pogrom organized by detachments of Denikin broke out in this town at the end of September, 1919.
The pogrom took place during the occupation of the town, and afterwards, the bodies of those killed were left lying for several days in the streets. Thousands of people, gravely wounded, died without anyone being able to bring them any help. The dogs and pigs gnawed at the bodies killed and wounded.
A great number of women and girls were violated. It was with truly bestial fury that the soldiers threw themselves on young girls and violated them before the very eyes of their helpless parents.