of the children placed in the car, tosya shekhmetova, 9 years old, got off the car and ran away, all54 children , teacher grokholskaya, were taken in the direction of dubitsa station. a car came here and brought these children. their. residents of the village of leglevka confirmed that at the time of the execution they heard crying, screams of children and shots. in the following days we were at the scene of the execution, we saw children’s corpses and the ground soaked in innocent children's blood. in the deserted corridors of the damashchevsky orphanage, where until recently children’s voices could be heard from everywhere, a deaf silence reigned. suddenly someone's steps began to be heard. at first timid and cautious. then someone ran towards the room that served as the grandfather's bedroom. tosya shikhmetova, who had secretly made her way into the deserted house, now cautiously looked out the window. there were no children, no teacher, and no truck into which they were being pushed. tosya sank to the floor and leaned against the wall, crying quietly. the horror that we had to en