What did Moishe the Beadle try to warn the Jews of Sighet about? How did he know the danger? How did the Jews react?

In Chapter 1, Moishe the Beadle is expelled from the village of Sighet and crammed into a cattle car by the Hungarian police because he is a foreigner. After a few months had gone by, Moishe the Beadle returns to Sighet and explains to the villagers how he barely survived a massacre. He begins by telling the villagers that the Gestapo had driven the foreign Jews to a forest and ordered them to dig huge...

In Chapter 1, Moishe the Beadle is expelled from the village of Sighet and crammed into a cattle car by the Hungarian police because he is a foreigner. After a few months had gone by, Moishe the Beadle returns to Sighet and explains to the villagers how he barely survived a massacre. He begins by telling the villagers that the Gestapo had driven the foreign Jews to a forest and ordered them to dig huge trenches. He then says that the Gestapo took aim and shot every Jew. Moishe mentions that the Gestapo were throwing infants in the air and shooting at them like targets. Moishe explains to Eliezer that he wanted to warn the Jews in Sighet about the horrors he had witnessed so that they could prepare to leave. However, Moishe weeps because nobody will listen to him. They think that he is lying and call him mad.