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2025-11-27
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„Lawrence Cleveland “Larry” Chambers (born June 10, 1929) is the first African American to command a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the first African-American graduate of the Naval Academy to reach flag rank.“
„While in command of USS Midway during Operation Frequent Wind, Chambers gave the controversial order to push overboard millions of dollars’ worth of UH-1 Huey helicopters so Republic of Vietnam Air Force Major Buang-Ly could land on the aircraft carrier in a Cessna O-1 Bird Dog with his wife and five children, thereby saving their lives.“
„Major Buang managed to drop a note from a low pass over the deck:
Can you move the helicopter to the other side, I can land on your runway, I can fly for one hour more, we have enough time to move. Please rescue me! Major Buang, wife and 5 child.“
„An estimated US$10 million ($58.4 million in 2024) worth of UH-1 Huey helicopters were pushed overboard into the South China Sea.“
„Chambers ordered the ship to make 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) into the wind. Warnings about the dangerous downdrafts created behind a steaming carrier were transmitted blind in both Vietnamese and English.“
„five additional UH-1s landed and cluttered up the deck. Chambers ordered them scuttled as well.“
„Major Buang was escorted to the bridge, where Chambers congratulated him on his outstanding piloting and his bravery. The crew of Midway was so impressed that they established a fund to help him and his family get settled in the United States.“
„At the time, Chambers had only been in command of Midway for four or five weeks and believed that his order would get him court martialed.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Chambers
2025-10-10
„Ward tells the story of Ukrainian Air Force Major Danylo Murashko, an SU-25 pilot who steered his damaged airplane away from a village on his way down but ultimately lost his life by waiting to eject.“
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxSRWW0G_rY
„In an early morning address that day, Zelenskyy said that his intelligence services had identified him as Russia’s top target, but that he is staying in Kyiv and his family will remain in the country. “They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state,” he said.<...> In the early hours of 26 February, during the most significant assault by Russian troops on the capital of Kyiv, the United States government and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged Zelenskyy to evacuate to a safer location, and both offered assistance for such an effort. Zelenskyy turned down both offers and opted to remain in Kyiv with its defense forces, saying that “the fight is here [in Kyiv]; I need ammunition, not a ride.”“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
2025-10-10
„The Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or Unknown Rebel) is the nickname given to an unidentified individual, presumed to be a Chinese man, who stood in front of a column of Type 59 tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989. On the previous day, the government of China cleared the square of protesting students after six weeks of standoff, in the process killing hundreds or even thousands of people mostly in other parts of Beijing.<...> As the lead tank maneuvered to pass by the man, he repeatedly shifted his position in order to obstruct the tank’s attempted path around him, and forced the tanks to halt to avoid running him over; the man then climbed on top of the tank where the PLA soldiers talked to him.“
„In April 1998, Time magazine named “The Unknown Rebel” one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man
2025-10-08
„When the Council of Constance assembled, Hus was asked to be there and present his views on the dissension within the Church. When he arrived, with a promise of safe-conduct,<...> he was arrested and put in prison. He was eventually taken in front of the council and asked to recant his views. He refused. On 6 July 1415, he was burned at the stake for “heresy” against the teachings of the Catholic Church.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hus
2025-10-06
„the government commission directed that the bubbler pools be drained by opening its sluice gates. The valves controlling it, however, were located in a flooded corridor in a subterranean annex adjacent to the reactor building. Volunteers in diving suits and respirators, and equipped with dosimeters, entered the knee-deep radioactive water and opened the valves.<...> These were the engineers Oleksiy Ananenko and Valeri Bezpalov, accompanied by the shift supervisor Boris Baranov.<...> Numerous media reports falsely suggested that all three men died just days later. In fact, all three survived and were awarded the Order For Courage in May 2018“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
2025-10-04
„Buvo įkalintas Vilniuje, MGB (KGB) vidaus kalėjime. Per tardymą drąsiai pareiškė, jog nestojo į Raudonąją armiją, nes buvo prieš sovietinę valdžią. 1953 m. liepos 22 d. 16 val. P. Vizbaras buvo atvestas iš kalėjimo rūsiuose į kabinetą trečiame aukšte pas leitenantą Ivanovą. Buvo tikimasi, jog jis parašys laišką partizanui Jonui Masiuliui-Ponui ir pakvies jį į susitikimą. Tokiu būdu šis būtų sučiuptas <...>. Verčiamas išduoti kovos draugą pasirinko mirtį – tardymo metu iššoko per KGB rūmų langą iir iš karto žuvo.“
https://www.vilnijosvartai.lt/personalijos/petras-vizbaras-vapsva
2025-10-04
„The trolleybus had lost control and fallen from a dam wall, lying at the bottom of the reservoir some 25 meters (80 ft) offshore at a depth of 10 meters (33 ft).<...> Despite the challenging conditions of sewage-infested waters and poor visibility due to silt, Karapetyan dived in and used his legs to kick open the back window of the trolleybus. He managed to rescue 46 out of the 92 passengers onboard, saving the lives of 20 individuals.<...> In total he dove 20 times, each dive lasting about 25 seconds, and pulled out a total of 37 people.“
„The combined effect of multiple lacerations from glass shards led to Karapetyan’s hospitalization for 45 days,<...> as he developed pneumonia and sepsis. Subsequent lung complications prevented Karapetyan from continuing his sports career.<...> He did, however, insist on one last meet despite his damaged lungs, and managed to set a new world record despite the pain.<...>“
„Karapetyan’s achievement was not immediately recognized, since Soviet censorship usually suppressed any news about disasters in the USSR.<...> All related photos were kept at the district attorney’s office and were only published two years later. He was awarded the Medal “For the Salvation of the Drowning” and the Order of the Badge of Honor. He became a household name in the USSR when Komsomolskaya Pravda published the article on his feat, entitled “The Underwater Battle of the Champion”, on 12 October 1982. This publication revealed that he was the rescuer; and many demanded that Hero of the Soviet Union award should be given to him. However, this did not happen.<...>“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavarsh_Karapetyan
2025-10-04
„At the time of the crisis, Arkhipov was serving as chief of staff of a Soviet submarine flotilla and was aboard the submarine B-59 as executive officer. Launch authorization required the agreement of all three senior officers. When U.S. forces dropped depth charges near the submarine, its captain and the political officer believed war had begun and prepared to launch a nuclear torpedo against United States Navy ships. Arkhipov refused, and his decision prevented the use of nuclear weapons.“
„The three men were Captain Savitsky, Political Officer Ivan Maslennikov, and Executive Officer Arkhipov. An argument followed, with only Arkhipov opposing the launch.“
„He eventually persuaded Savitsky to surface and await orders.“
„Arkhipov’s wife Olga later said he rarely spoke of the events, feeling that their ordeal had not been appreciated.“
„Offered by the Future of Life Institute, this award recognizes exceptional measures, often performed despite personal risk and without obvious reward, to safeguard the collective future of humanity.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov
2025-09-24
„A sailor, believed to have been sent ashore by a naval officer, warned Coleman and Lovett of her cargo of high explosives.<...> The overnight express train No. 10 from Saint John, New Brunswick, carrying nearly 300 passengers, was due to arrive at 8:55 a.m. Before leaving the office, Lovett called CGR terminal agent Henry Dustan to warn him of a burning ship laden with explosives that was heading for the pier.<...> After sending Lovett’s message, Coleman and Lovett were said to have left the CGR depot. However, Coleman returned to the telegraph office and continued sending warning messages along the rail line as far as Truro to stop trains inbound for Halifax. An accepted version of Coleman’s Morse code message reads as follows:
Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye, boys.<...>
The telegraphed warnings were apparently heeded, as the No. 10 passenger train was stopped just before the explosion occurred. The train was halted at Rockingham Station, on the western shore of Bedford Basin, approximately 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) from the downtown terminal. After the explosion, Coleman’s message, followed by other messages later sent by railway officials who made their way to Rockingham, passed word of the disaster to the rest of Canada. The railway quickly mobilized aid, sending a dozen relief trains with fire and medical help from towns in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on the day of the disaster, followed two days later by help from other parts of Canada and from the United States, most notably Boston. Even though Lovett had left the station, both he and Coleman were killed in the explosion.<...>“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Coleman_(train_dispatcher)
2025-09-05
„Prieš pusantrų metų prokuroras įsigijo kokybišką kamerą ir pradėjo fiksuoti vairuotojus, lenkiančius pavojingai.“
„Marijampolės apskrities policija informavo, kad jų komisariate gauti 89 A. Ažuko pranešimai“
„Pirmiausia susidūriau su milžinišku policijos pasipriešinimu, nes jie nenori bausti vairuotojų ir laiko mane keistuoliu, – sako A. Ažukas. – Tada susidūriau su nepatenkintais vairuotojais, kurie aiškina, kad prokuroras, naudodamasis padėtimi, juos persekioja ir imituoja įvykius.“
„Vairuotojai feisbuke pradėjo rašyti, kad tuoj aš važiuosiu ne tik be kameros, bet ir be dantų, kad reiktų mane sumušti. Viešai pradėjo aptarinėti, kaip man reikia duoti į galvą. Prasidėjo kreipimaisi į Generalinę prokuratūrą“
„Darbdavio požiūris į mane keistas. Aš, kaip fizinis asmuo, siekiu teisingumo, siekiu tvarkos keliuose, noriu kažką pakeisti, bet esu laikomas kažkokiu puskvailiu betmenu, tau grasinama atsakomybe“
„Jis pripažįsta, kad ne kartą galvojo viską mesti, nes praleido bemieges naktis rašydamas skundus policijai ir teismui.“
„Labai daug dirbau, o rezultatas toks menkas ir požiūris iš visų pusių toks negatyvus, – pripažino pašnekovas, bet iškart pridūrė, kad šiandien nesigaili pradėjęs tokią kovą. – Pasiekti kažkokius pokyčius visuomenėje kainuoja labai daug. Kaip teisininkas atsimenu, kokie pokyčiai buvo dėl smurto artimoje aplinkoje. Praeityje tai juk buvo įprastas dalykas, jei vyras muša žmoną, tai jų asmeninis reikalas, nėra ko kištis. Reikėjo persilaužimo, kad tai pasikeistų.“
2025-07-02
https://50000.lt/istorija-apie-viena-taika-mano-prosenelis-herojai-ir-as-250702
Išgalvota istorija.
2025-04-11
„In 1997, Julia Hill climbed a 200-foot 1000-year-old Californian redwood tree and did not come down for 738 days to prevent Pacific Lumber Company loggers from cutting it down. She ultimately reached an agreement with the company to spare the tree and a 200-foot buffer zone surrounding it.“
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Butterfly_Hill
2025-01-18
„The plot was abandoned because Devlin’s agent was unable to carry out the assassination, and the replacement agent Justin O’Donnell refused to participate in an assassination plot.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Lumumba
2024-12-12
„When German Galdetsky, 19, saw Moscow subway police drag away his friend Olga who later emerged tearfully complaining of attempted rape, he embarked on a personal crusade that his family says nearly cost him his life.„
„The student, who vowed to expose an alleged police rape ring, is partly paralyzed and cannot speak after he was shot in the head on March 25 during a scuffle with two unknown men in a wasteland near a Moscow railway station.“
https://50000.lt/apie-germana-galdecki-241212
2024-06-12
„<...> noriu paskaityti vienos ukrainietės paramedikės Irynos Cybuk kuri žuvo Charkive gegužės pabaigoje jinai buvo parašiusi pomirtinį laišką broliui prieš metus dar pernai ir brolis jį paviešino po sesers mirties ir man iš tikrųjų šita vieta labai tiesiog sukibo su tuo ką Patočka rašo tai Cybuk rašo liūdna kad gyvename tokį bejėgį gyvenimą priklausomą nuo visuomenės pritarimo kad tik mirtis leidžia mums patirti visišką laisvę tačiau bėda ta kad gyvenimas baigiasi ir ši laisvė tampa beprasmė šiandien ir amžinai man nerūpi ką žmonės sakys apie mane apie tave apie šį tekstą apie viską nesvarbu ar šie sakiniai sulauks patiktukų galiausiai niekieno nuomonė man nesvarbi aš mirusi laisvė yra didžiausia vertybė pilno masto karas privertė mane nustoti būti baimių verge norint džiaugtis laisve reikia ir kitų vertybių reikia suprasti save gerai žinoti kas esi pats sau kas yra asmeninė laimė ir kaip ją pasiekti turint atsakymus į šiuos klausimus svarbiausia judėti pirmyn šiandien čia Donecko srityje aš einu savo keliu esu savimi ir darau tai ką noriu tiesą sakant niekas daugiau man nerūpi todėl šį laišką pridedu taip paprastai šią akimirką kaip ir tada kai tai įvyks nesigailėsiu kad miriau nes pagaliau gyvenu tokį gyvenimą kokio norėjau šiandien visa tai jau praeityje mano gyvenimas baigėsi ir man buvo svarbu jį nugyventi oriai būti sąžiningai gerai ir mylinčiai šiandien mes dirbame didvyriams ir tai gera proga patvirtinti savo vertybes iš tiesų būti tokiu žmogumi kad turėtum jėgų būti laisvas žmogus turi būti drąsus tik drąsieji randa laimę ir geriau mirti bėgant nei gyventi pūvant būk vertas mūsų didvyrių poelgių neliūdėk būk drąsus“
2022-01-30
„A memorable quote, “Kollaa holds” (Finnish: Kollaa kestää) became a legendary motto among Finns.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War
„A famous quote from the Battle of Kollaa is Major General Hägglund’s question, “Will Kollaa hold? (Kestääkö Kollaa?)”, to which Lieutenant Aarne Juutilainen replied, “Kollaa will hold (Kollaa kestää), unless the orders are to run away.”<...> The simple question and reply have entered the Finnish lexicon as an expression of perseverance and resolve in the face of impending difficulty or crisis.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kollaa
2022-01-28
„Būta ir bandymų pasipriešinti. Codekas Šlapoberskis buvo Kėdainių gaisrininkų komandos vadas, apdovanotas Žūvančiųjų gelbėjimo kryžiumi, ir miesto tarybos narys. Žudynių vietoje jis iš nacio dėklo ištraukė pistoletą, šovė jam į kaklą ir įsitempė jį į duobę.
Kaip pasakoja R. Žirgulis, iš paskos puolė baltaraištis, jį C. Šlapoberskis ėmė smaugti – šis numirė po kelių dienų ir buvo palaidotas kaip kritęs didvyriškoje kovoje su bolševizmu. Tačiau C. Šlapoberskiui pabėgti nepavyko – į duobę įšoko dar vienas baltaraištis ir jį nužudė.“
2020-10-03
„Потому что это чувство несправедливости, которым она была переполнена, оно оказалось сильнее любви к близким и даже к жизни. Она не смогла с ним справиться. Она не понимала. Не понимала этот мир. Вот как же так. Я в одиночку колочусь ради вас. Я в одиночку разоблачаю эти уродства. Против меня весь этот серый силовой мир. А вы молчите.“
https://50000.lt/apie-irina-slavina-zmogus-teisinguma-iskeles-auksciau-uz-savo-paties-gyvenima
2020-09-24
„On this day, 24 September 2003, a group of 27 pilots in the Israeli air force sent a letter to the head commander refusing to participate in assassination missions in the West Bank and Gaza. A spokesman for the refuseniks stated: “We, veteran pilots and active pilots alike…are opposed to carrying out illegal and immoral attacks, of the type carried out by Israel in the territories… We, who have been educated to love the state of Israel refuse to take part in airforce attacks in civilian population centres. We refuse to continue harming innocent civilians.” Air strikes intended at assassinating individual Palestinians had recently killed dozens of civilians. A military official subsequently threatened to punish the refusers, but it is unclear if the threat was carried out.“
https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1536630183188793
2020-03-01
„Ką besakytum, tas atsiprašymas buvo įspūdingos drąsos poelgis.
O dėl pabučiavimo – kai dar tekdavo dalyvauti viešųjų ryšių mokymuose, ne vieną Algirdo Brazausko improvizaciją minėjo kaip pavyzdinę ir idealią sudėtingose situacijose.
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Bet daugeliui Izraelio gyventojų, net ir ne itin palankiai nusiteikusių Lietuvos atžvilgiu, įspūdį padarė vienas A.Brazausko poelgis. Kai prie Holokausto aukų memorialo „Jad Vašem“ muziejuje beveik prie pat prezidento prasibrovęs protestuotojas ėmė šaukti, kad lietuviai išžudė jo šeimą, A.Brazauskas tiesiog priėjo ir jį pabučiavo į abu skruostus.“
https://www.facebook.com/gediminas.kulikauskas/posts/2785005688203188
2019-11-13
„Aktyvistė Regina Žemaitė, protestuodama prieš kertamus medžius Šiaulių bulvare, prisirišo prie vienos iš liepų. Po ilgų įkalbinėjimų ir pažado, kad medis nebus kertamas, moteris sutiko išeiti iš aptvertos teritorijos. Kitą rytą medis vis tik buvo nukirstas. Po kelių savaičių Žemaitė vėl prisirakino prie kitame bulvaro gale stovėjusios liepos, tuomet policijos pareigūnai protestuotoją išnešė nešte.“
„Policininkams pripažino savo kaltę tik dėl to, kad nelegaliai pateko į aptvertą teritoriją, o gailisi tik dėl to, kad kitą rytą vėl neatėjo prisirakinti prie medžio, taip leisdama jį nupjauti.“
https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/video/prie-medziu-prisirakinusi-aktyviste-is-siauliu-gavo-bauda-n1019095
2018-01-28
„During his third day at Sobibor, Alexander Pechersky earned the respect of fellow prisoners by standing up to Karl Frenzel, a SS senior officer, as the incident was recalled by Leon Felhendler.
Pechersky, still wearing his Soviet Army uniform, was assigned to dig up tree stumps in the North Camp. Frenzel was in charge because an underling was elsewhere and was in a bad mood. Frenzel was waiting for an excuse to pick on someone since he considered himself an officer and a gentleman and waited for some reason to begin his sadistic games. One Dutch Jew was too weak to chop a stump so Frenzel began beating him with his whip.
Pechersky stopped chopping and watched the whipping while resting on his axe. Kapo Porzyczki translated when Frenzel asked Pechersky if he didn’t like what he saw. Pechersky didn’t bow down, shake or cower in fear but answered, Yes Oberscharfuhrer. Franzel told Pechersky that he had 5 minutes to split a large tree stump in two. If Pechersky beat the time he would receive a pack of cigarettes, if he lost, he would be whipped 25 times. Franzel looked at his watch, and said: Begin.
Pechersky split the stump in four and a half minutes and Frenzel held out a pack of cigarettes and announced that he always does as he promises. Pechersky replied that he doesn’t smoke, turned around and got back to chopping down new tree stumps. Frenzel came back twenty minutes later with fresh bread and butter and offered it to Pechersky. Pechersky replied that the rations at the concentration camp were more than adequate and that he wasn’t hungry. Frenzel turned around and left, leaving Kapo Porzyczki in charge. That evening, this episode of defiance spread throughout Sobibor. This episode influenced the leadership of the Polish Jews to approach Pechersky about ideas for an escape plan.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pechersky
2018-01-28
„According to a popular legend, when the group of orphans finally reached the Umschlagplatz, an SS officer recognized Korczak as the author of one of his favorite children’s books and offered to help him escape. In another version, the officer was acting officially, as the Nazi authorities had in mind some kind of “special treatment” for Korczak (some prominent Jews with international reputations were sent to Theresienstadt). Whatever the offer, Korczak once again refused. He boarded the trains with the children and was never heard from again.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Korczak
2014-11-30
„Years later von Kleist remembered explaining the suicide plot to his father, who paused only briefly before telling his 22-year-old son: “Yes, you have to do this.”“
http://news.yahoo.com/last-survivor-plot-kill-hitler-dies-90-180118395.html
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„He urged his son, Lieutenant Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, to go through with a suicide-assassination plot in January 1944 which would have seen him blow himself and Hitler up with two hand grenades hidden under a new uniform that he was to “demonstrate” to Hitler (or explosives hidden in his briefcase were to be used).“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewald_von_Kleist-Schmenzin
2013-03-08
„On the day of the twenty-first anniversary of the Communist takeover (25 February 1948),<...> he travelled to Prague accompanied by three other students. His intention was to warn the public against the forthcoming political “normalization” of the country. He had several letters challenging the people to fight against the Warsaw Pact’s military occupation of Czechoslovakia. Around 1:30 in the afternoon he walked into the passageway of the building at No. 39 on Wenceslas Square and ignited his chemical-soaked clothes. He was unable to run out of the door, and collapsed and died in the hallway.
In a letter he left behind he wrote:
Mommy, daddy, brother, little sister!
I will already be dead or close to death when you read this letter. I know what a severe blow my act will be to you, but don’t be angry at me. Unfortunately, we are not alone in this world. I am not doing this because I would be tired of life; quite the contrary, I cherish it too much.
Hopefully, my act will make life better. I know life’s price; it is the most precious thing. But I want a lot for you, for everyone, so I have to pay a lot. Do not lose your heart after my sacrifice. Tell Jacek to study harder and Marta too. You must never accept injustice, be it in any form. My death will bind you. I am sorry that I will never see you or that, which I loved so much. Please forgive me for arguing with you so much. Do not let them make me a madman.
Greet the boys, the river, and the forest.
— Jan Zajíc“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Zaj%C3%ADc
2011-11-07
„Le 15 juillet 1944, victime d’une fuite d’essence dans la cabine peu après un décollage, aveuglé puis intoxiqué par les vapeurs d’essence et un début d’incendie, il cherche en vain à atterrir. Il reçoit l’ordre de sauter en parachute, mais il refuse par solidarité avec son mécanicien Vladimir Belozub (Владимир Белозуб) qui voyage avec lui et qui ne dispose pas d’un parachute. Il s’écrase finalement au sol lors de sa dernière tentative d’atterrissage. Leur mort fut immédiatement connue dans toute la Russie. Il fut question de les enterrer dans des tombes séparées, mais, sur ordre personnel de Staline, ils furent enterrés dans une tombe commune. Le texte de l’ordre personnel de Staline et signé de sa main est le suivant “Ils se sont battus ensemble, ils reposeront ensemble dans leur tombeau”.“
[On July 15, 1944, shortly after takeoff, a gasoline leak in the cockpit blinded him, and he was overcome by fumes and a small fire. He tried unsuccessfully to land. Ordered to bail out, he refused out of solidarity with his mechanic, Vladimir Belozub, who was traveling with him and did not have a parachute. He ultimately crashed to the ground during his final landing attempt. Their deaths became immediately known throughout Russia. There was talk of burying them in separate graves, but on Stalin’s personal orders, they were buried in a single grave. The text of Stalin’s personal order, signed by him, reads: “They fought together, they will rest together in their tomb.”]
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_de_Seynes
2010-01-31
„Virbalyje lietuviai žydšaudžiai gavo gerą pilietiškumo pamoką. Miesto daktaras Kaganskis, apsivilkęs Lietuvos kariuomenės vyr. leitenanto uniformą, jau stovėdamas ant duobės krašto su kitais miestelio žydais, sukomandavo:
– Lietuvos kareiviai, ugnis į Lietuvos karininką.
Ir buvo su kitais miestelio žydais sušaudytas.“