At the entrance to the town is a beautiful sign, even if you cannot read the language it's easy to see that it says Berestechko. Upon arriving, we went to the town hall to inquire about records or any other documents that might stil exist. They showed us a book that dated back to the 1800's that recorded all the town residents. After looking through the book for some time — we came upon the name KUTLER! At the end of July 1941, German police rounded up over 300 Jewish men and executed them in town. A memorial has been erected in memory of them. This memorial is now on the outskirts of town, which I assume was at one time part of the main city center. It seems that the town has not changed much in the last 75 years — the only improvement to the town is electricity. There is still no runnning water, only pumps at the corner of the streets and for the most part the main transportation is still horse and buggy. The town is like a little island, encircled on all sides by the River Stir. While we were there it was flooded, which seemed to be the norm. The way of transportation was by small boat as seen from above.

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