The Belarusian National Library organized a ceremony to present the book Polesie: Tragödie und Erinnerung: Verbrechen der Wehrmacht. Ozarichi Death Camp, 1944, written by former deportees Arkady Shkuran and Mikhail Sinkevich.
Arkady Shkuran emphasizes:
“Ozarichi was a monstrous concentration camp. I was 10 years old. I described the terrible pictures that stuck in my memory on the pages of the book. We have collected the historical materials that reflect real events. Anyone can get a truthful answer to the question about what happened in the Ozarichi in 1944.”1
March 19, 2019, marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the prisoners of the Azaryčy death camp. The book helps to preserve the memory of the victims and survivors. Mikhail Sinkevich, co-author of the book, emphasized the importance of the project, which aims to preserve the historical facts of the war as well as the memories of the participants and eyewitnesses for future generations.
- Unknown author: Book about Ozarichi Death Camps Revealed in the Belarusian National Library. Access via: https://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/press-release/book-about-ozarichi-death-camp-launched-in-belarus-national-library_i_94712.html (last checked: 30.06.2024). ↩︎
