Assistant Prosecutor of Beshenkovichi District Yegor Romanovich took part in a memorial rally dedicated to the International Day of Liberation of Prisoners of Fascist Concentration Camps
The International Day of Liberation of Prisoners of Fascist Concentration Camps, falling on April 11, serves as an annual reminder of the tragic pages of human history. It was on this day in 1945 that the prisoners of the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Weimar, one of the largest and most brutal "factories of death," revolted.
During the occupation, the fascists organized more than 260 prisoner-of-war camps and 350 camps, prisons, and other places of forced detention for civilians in Belarus.
On the territory of the Beshenkovichi district, German-fascist invaders also established places of forced detention for civilians. For example, near the village of Bortniki, there was a camp for the Jewish population, holding 350-365 people. In October 1942, all prisoners were shot.
In 1944, a prison existed in the urban settlement of Beshenkovichi, where fascists held civilians.
Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to restore the nominal list of those who died in the prison dungeons, who said goodbye to life in the camp, just as it is impossible to engrave the names of those 50 unknown war victims buried in mass grave No. 1597, located on Michurin Street in Beshenkovichi. It was here on April 11, 2024, that a memorial rally took place, gathering a large number of caring people: representatives of the district authorities, the prosecutor's office, organizations, schools, and residents of the settlement. With a minute of silence, the rally participants honored the memory of the fallen and laid flowers at the military burial site.
April 11 is another reason to reflect on how important it is to preserve the memory of those who died in the struggle against war, to pass this memory on to descendants, and to embed it in the genetic code of subsequent generations. Therefore, the criminal process initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office to investigate the facts of genocide committed by Nazi criminals, their accomplices, and criminal formations against the civilian population in Belarus during the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period is not only about identifying specific individuals who managed to escape responsibility for killing civilians, abuse, torture, and abduction of the population into German slavery, but also a huge effort to establish the surnames, first names, and patronymics of people who suffered from the German-fascist invaders and their collaborators. And it may happen that there will be at least one less nameless grave on the long-suffering Belarusian land, because on the plaque
During the occupation, the fascists organized more than 260 prisoner-of-war camps and 350 camps, prisons, and other places of forced detention for civilians in Belarus.
On the territory of the Beshenkovichi district, German-fascist invaders also established places of forced detention for civilians. For example, near the village of Bortniki, there was a camp for the Jewish population, holding 350-365 people. In October 1942, all prisoners were shot.
In 1944, a prison existed in the urban settlement of Beshenkovichi, where fascists held civilians.
Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to restore the nominal list of those who died in the prison dungeons, who said goodbye to life in the camp, just as it is impossible to engrave the names of those 50 unknown war victims buried in mass grave No. 1597, located on Michurin Street in Beshenkovichi. It was here on April 11, 2024, that a memorial rally took place, gathering a large number of caring people: representatives of the district authorities, the prosecutor's office, organizations, schools, and residents of the settlement. With a minute of silence, the rally participants honored the memory of the fallen and laid flowers at the military burial site.
April 11 is another reason to reflect on how important it is to preserve the memory of those who died in the struggle against war, to pass this memory on to descendants, and to embed it in the genetic code of subsequent generations. Therefore, the criminal process initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office to investigate the facts of genocide committed by Nazi criminals, their accomplices, and criminal formations against the civilian population in Belarus during the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period is not only about identifying specific individuals who managed to escape responsibility for killing civilians, abuse, torture, and abduction of the population into German slavery, but also a huge effort to establish the surnames, first names, and patronymics of people who suffered from the German-fascist invaders and their collaborators. And it may happen that there will be at least one less nameless grave on the long-suffering Belarusian land, because on the plaque
Assistant Prosecutor
of Beshenkovichi District3rd Class Lawyer E.R. Chudakov