Memorial close to Azaryčy, inaugurated in 1994
19.02.1946 | Witness Ms. Ludmila Pekarskaya
Ms. Ludmila Pekarskaya, one of the witnesses of the Nuremberg trials, recounts her experiences as a survivor of the Azaryčy concentration camps: „Gegen Abend des 12. März 1944 wurden alle Einwohner von Chlobin gezwungen, sich innerhalb von 30 Minuten auf der...
Date Unknown | Interrogation Protocol Johannes Schneider
Leading a company, Oberleutnant Johannes Schneider was tasked with the deportation of civilians living in the village Ala. During his interrogation, he describes how he and his company proceeded. According to him, around 100 civilians – mostly elderly, women and...
26.12.1945 | Herman Heltman
During the interrogation, Herman Heltman was talking about Azaryčy: «Также мне известно, что по приказанию командования 110-й пех. дивизии, как в конце марта 1944 года, недалеко от д. Любань, южнее г. Паричи, было согнано 5.885 человек русских...
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...