But the location of the Rozeneks’ remains would not stay secret the tree itself refused to conceal the crime. The cherry tree outside the house, now freighted with wet blossoms, would become the burial site of her family. What if the gunmen found out she was alive and tortured him? She slipped off in search of someplace safe from the murderers and the Nazis. The gunmen warned the farmer they would be back. Her brother, and then her father, were pushed into a hail of bullets, their bodies falling onto the others. Then came the push and a barrage of shots. Ita was in her 50s and had calmed them over so many frightened days and nights.
Their mother’s haggard face appeared in the window. The gunmen laughed while shoving her out the window. Gunmen inside yelled to others swarming below. Windows at the top of the house were thrust open. After moments of quiet came exultant shrieks. Their noisy assault and accusations in Polish - no German, no Russian - reverberated across the fields to surrounding farms. The gunmen stormed the house, ransacking everything.
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