Memorial close to Azaryčy, inaugurated in 1994
26.12.1945 | Court Statement Eberhard von Kurowski
In his voluntary court statement, Eberhard von Kurowski describes the dire conditions of the civilian population in the Azaryčy region during the war and the order to establish camps for non-working individuals. Allegedly, von Kurowski carried out this directive only...
December 1945 | Portrait General Eberhard von Kurowski
Eberhard von Kurowski was a German Generalleutnant (general) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and Commander of the 110th Infantry Division in 1944, thus overseeing the deportations near Azaryčy. He also received the Knight’s Cross of the Iron...
15.05.1944 (?) | “The civilian population contaminated with typhus always remains the source of the epidemic”
Professor Felix von Bormann, who taught at the University of Hamburg between 1939 and 1942, accompanied the operation in Azaryčy from December 31, 1943 to May 15, 1944 as a consulting physician and army hygienist. In his field report, he describes the events from his...
15.05.1944 (?) | “The tross women must be non-local”
Professor Felix von Bormann, who taught at the University of Hamburg between 1939 and 1942, accompanied the operation in Azaryčy from December 31, 1943 to May 15, 1944 as a consulting physician and army hygienist. In his field report, he describes the events from his...