[10] The local commander of the Sicherheitspolizei in Baranavichy, SS-Untersturmführer Waldemar Amelung, had ten days to prepare the execution.

[10] Trenches were dug 3 metres (9.8 ft) deep in the preceding days by prisoners from the Koldichevo concentration camp.

[11] Dr. Zelig Lewinbok, who provided testimony about The Holocaust, stated that the passengers were told that the train was stopping for lunch.

[4] Initially, the victims were loaded into three gas vans, operated by Erich Gnewuch [de], Karl Gebl, and Heinz Schlechte, for execution.

[12] However, due to the delay, the executioners decided to shoot the remaining victims into trenches to finish before dark.