Memorial close to Azaryčy, inaugurated in 1994
02.04.1944 | Path to Azaryčy
According to Nadezhda Konstantinovna Zhuravleva, on Sunday, all the residents were loaded onto motor vehicles and brought to the Cialuša station, and in the evening they departed. In the morning, the people were in Rudabielka, then they walked three kilometers to a...
01.04.1944 | Description of Azaryčy
Reshetko Ivan Semenovich described Azaryčy as a forest-swamp terrain. It was not allowed to build leaf huts, and it was forbidden to make fires at night, axes were taken away. The camp was surrounded by a row of barbed wire, mined from the outside. They received no...
28.03.1944 | “Because children need less space”
To ensure that the deportations near Azaryčy could also be successfully applied to other localities, the Army High Command described measures in its final report regarding the preparation of such an operation, the registration, loading and transport of civilians as...
28.03.1944 | 9th Army Operation Map
This map is based on an original attachment to the 9th Army final report on the Azaryčy concentration camps. It documents the frontline, army sections and transport routes as well as detailling all transit and concentration camps near Azaryčy. Source:...
28.03.1944 | “Significant relief”
In its final report, the 9th Army headquarters gave a detailed account of the planning and execution of the Azaryčy deportations as a blueprint for similar operations in the future. They conclude that the deportation of more than 41.000 civilians and “several...