Memorial close to Azaryčy, inaugurated in 1994
15.03.1944 | Civilian Labor Service Unit
In his war diary, the 56th Tank Corps Quartermaster reports on the decision to only sort out deported cilivians who were fit for military service instead of those fit for work as originally planned. This affected 1.500 civilians who were then forced to join the local...
14.03.1944 | “2.600 people on average”
According to the 9th Army final report, on the first three days of the operation, a total of nine trains, each carrying 2.600 civilians on average, left the collection train stations (German: Einladebahnhöfe) in Žlobin, Krasny Bierah and Cialuša. The report also...
12.03.1944 | “A much higher number of people than planned”
In its final report, the 9th Army headquarters gives a detailed account of the Azaryčy deportations as a blueprint for further similar operations. The deportation of civilians began by 4 a.m. on March 12, 1944. The number of deported civilians soon exceeded the...
09.03.1944 | “Primarily people suffering from epidemics, cripples and the elderly”
On March 9, 1944, the quartermaster of the 56th Tank Corps records the decisions regarding the deportations near Azaryčy announced during the Head Quartermasters’ meeting in his war diary. According to him, those who were to be deported were primarily the sick,...