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...The girl from the ukrainian town of Dubrovitsa was not immediately believed. Fyokla Semenyuk, who returned from forced labor in Germany, claimed the unbelievable - in Berlin, in a soviet military uniform, she met SS Untersturmführer Kirill Sygolenko. She personally saw how he, under the germans, massacred not only adults but also children in Dubrovitsa.
On May 11, 1951, representatives of the MGB and local police detained Karl Kowalski, a citizen of the GDR, in a bookstore. Outwardly he was shocked at how he, a jew who had miraculously not perished in the Dachau concentration camp, could be suspected of having served in the SS. Yes, he was about to leave with his wife for permanent residence in Israel, but was that a crime?
Until all the details were clarified, Kowalski was sent to the USSR, where one by one more and more terrible details of his biography began to surface.
It turned out that Chaim Isaakovich Segal was born in an ordinary family in Lviv region. At that time it was part of Poland. Segal modestly worked at school as a teacher. Then he went into small-scale commerce.
When Western Ukraine became part of the USSR, the teacher underwent unexpected changes - he became a policeman, then for good work he was taken to the NKVD. Remembering well, who criticized the new power in Soviet Russia under the Poles, Haim Isaakovich actively informed about it. On his denunciations several people were taken.
The beginning of the war was a surprise for a successful employee. Already on June 30, 1941 the nazis occupied Lvov. For an NKVD officer of jewish nationality, execution was inevitable. But he used his natural artistry and convinced the germans that he was a ukrainian Kirill Sygolenko. It is true that his documents were burnt, but his relatives live not far away, who will confirm everything. They believed him. But not daring to play with fate, he ran away.
In the woods he came across ukrainian nationalists. Of course, they did not pity jews either, but Chaim was saved by his excellent ukrainian language. He even made a career in the “Polesskaya Sich” gang - he became editor of the newspaper and adjutant to the leader. By 1942, the leader's relations with the nazis began to deteriorate, and Segal decided that the germans would serve more reliably and nourishingly.
He became commandant of the “Schutzmanschaft” Dubrovica - auxiliary police, which dealt with the most unsightly cases. First of all, he was required to report on the number of Jews liquidated. Everyone was captured - adults and children alike. In total, Segal's group accounted for 500 victims of raids. Later in court, he indifferently said that he did it all to prove that he was their loyal servant, not a jew.
Chaim's service to the nazis also had practical results. After a year he was promoted and began working for the SD (Reich Security Service) in Potsdam and Königsberg. He was planted in camps with soviet prisoners of war. The zealous security officer was rewarded for preventing escapes and uncovering underground groups. He also kept all the gold taken from the prisoners.
Toward the end of the war, Segal became concerned about his safety after the Reich finally collapsed. “Comrades” in the SD helped him make documents in the name of Dachau prisoner Karl Kowalski, a jew from Warsaw. As soon as Hitler's troops were defeated, a new former “Holocaust prisoner” appeared in the Berlin jewish community.
In 1946, “Kowalski” took a job with a soviet naval agency. A year later he went to prison for speculation and currency transactions. After 3 years he got out on amnesty and tried to go to the States, but his wife fell ill at the wrong time. The visa was denied.
Then Segal, as a “victim of nazism” applied to move to Israel. By the time he accidentally identified Semenyuk, the documents were ready, it remained to pack.
For the first month and a half, the nazi collaborator refused to talk. To make him talk, we had to show him a photo in a police uniform and organize a meeting with some witnesses. In the end, his confessions poured out into 300 pages of interrogation reports.
The trial took place on March 27-28, 1952. The verdict was unequivocal - capital punishment. After his announcement, Segal filed a petition for clemency, urging his mother and sick wife depend on him as the breadwinner. On June 19, the sentence was carried out.
The police commandant from Dubrovitz was one of the few jews in the world to be tried as a nazi criminal. Yet it is worth remembering that traitors were found in all nationalities, even in those that remained the most oppressed during the war.
SS Untersturmführer Chaim Isaakovich Segal.
On May 11, 1951, representatives of the MGB and local police detained Karl Kowalski, a citizen of the GDR, in a bookstore. Outwardly he was shocked at how he, a jew who had miraculously not perished in the Dachau concentration camp, could be suspected of having served in the SS. Yes, he was about to leave with his wife for permanent residence in Israel, but was that a crime?
Until all the details were clarified, Kowalski was sent to the USSR, where one by one more and more terrible details of his biography began to surface.
It turned out that Chaim Isaakovich Segal was born in an ordinary family in Lviv region. At that time it was part of Poland. Segal modestly worked at school as a teacher. Then he went into small-scale commerce.
When Western Ukraine became part of the USSR, the teacher underwent unexpected changes - he became a policeman, then for good work he was taken to the NKVD. Remembering well, who criticized the new power in Soviet Russia under the Poles, Haim Isaakovich actively informed about it. On his denunciations several people were taken.
The beginning of the war was a surprise for a successful employee. Already on June 30, 1941 the nazis occupied Lvov. For an NKVD officer of jewish nationality, execution was inevitable. But he used his natural artistry and convinced the germans that he was a ukrainian Kirill Sygolenko. It is true that his documents were burnt, but his relatives live not far away, who will confirm everything. They believed him. But not daring to play with fate, he ran away.
In the woods he came across ukrainian nationalists. Of course, they did not pity jews either, but Chaim was saved by his excellent ukrainian language. He even made a career in the “Polesskaya Sich” gang - he became editor of the newspaper and adjutant to the leader. By 1942, the leader's relations with the nazis began to deteriorate, and Segal decided that the germans would serve more reliably and nourishingly.
He became commandant of the “Schutzmanschaft” Dubrovica - auxiliary police, which dealt with the most unsightly cases. First of all, he was required to report on the number of Jews liquidated. Everyone was captured - adults and children alike. In total, Segal's group accounted for 500 victims of raids. Later in court, he indifferently said that he did it all to prove that he was their loyal servant, not a jew.
Chaim's service to the nazis also had practical results. After a year he was promoted and began working for the SD (Reich Security Service) in Potsdam and Königsberg. He was planted in camps with soviet prisoners of war. The zealous security officer was rewarded for preventing escapes and uncovering underground groups. He also kept all the gold taken from the prisoners.
Toward the end of the war, Segal became concerned about his safety after the Reich finally collapsed. “Comrades” in the SD helped him make documents in the name of Dachau prisoner Karl Kowalski, a jew from Warsaw. As soon as Hitler's troops were defeated, a new former “Holocaust prisoner” appeared in the Berlin jewish community.
In 1946, “Kowalski” took a job with a soviet naval agency. A year later he went to prison for speculation and currency transactions. After 3 years he got out on amnesty and tried to go to the States, but his wife fell ill at the wrong time. The visa was denied.
Then Segal, as a “victim of nazism” applied to move to Israel. By the time he accidentally identified Semenyuk, the documents were ready, it remained to pack.
For the first month and a half, the nazi collaborator refused to talk. To make him talk, we had to show him a photo in a police uniform and organize a meeting with some witnesses. In the end, his confessions poured out into 300 pages of interrogation reports.
The trial took place on March 27-28, 1952. The verdict was unequivocal - capital punishment. After his announcement, Segal filed a petition for clemency, urging his mother and sick wife depend on him as the breadwinner. On June 19, the sentence was carried out.
The police commandant from Dubrovitz was one of the few jews in the world to be tried as a nazi criminal. Yet it is worth remembering that traitors were found in all nationalities, even in those that remained the most oppressed during the war.
SS Untersturmführer Chaim Isaakovich Segal.
