Behind Barbed Wire: Remembering Victims and Heroes of Liberation

   During the occupation of Belarus, the fascists established over 260 prisoner-of-war camps and 350 camps, prisons, and other places of forced detention for the civilian population.

   Places of forced detention for the civilian population by the Nazi invaders were also established in the Beshankovichy district. For example, near the village of Bortniki, there was a camp for the Jewish population, which held 350-365 people. In October 1942, all prisoners were shot. In 1944, a prison existed in the urban settlement of Beshankovichy, where the fascists held civilians…

   Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to restore the names of those who died in the prison dungeons, who said goodbye to life in the camp. It is also impossible to engrave the names of those 50 unknown war victims buried in mass grave No. 1597, located on Michurin Street in Beshankovichy, where a memorial rally is held annually on April 11, International Day of Liberation of Prisoners of Nazi Concentration Camps.

   "This is another reason to reflect on how important it is to preserve the memory of those who died during the war, to pass this memory on to descendants, and to embed it in the genetic code of subsequent generations," noted Yegor Chudakov, Assistant Prosecutor of the Beshankovichy District.

   At the end of the rally, the participants honored the memory of the fallen with a minute of silence and laid flowers.

Assistant Prosecutor

of Beshankovichy District

2nd Class Lawyer                                                                                                                    E.R. Chudakov