Memorial close to Azaryčy, inaugurated in 1994
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...
20.03.1944 | “Most inappropriate impositions”
In its final report of March 20, 1944, the SD Sonderkommando complained that there had been repeated attempts of interfering by uninvolved army officers during the execution of the marches to the final camps, which had hindered the successfull realization of the...
20.03.1944 | “There has not been a single case of unnecessarily harsh treatment”
On March 20, 1944, the SD Sonderkommando stated in its final report that although there had been fatigue among both the army troops and the civilians during the strenuous marches to the final camps, they had not recorded a single case of unnecessarily harsh treatment,...
18.03.1944 | “Didn’t think that we would be liberated at some point”
Zinaida Petrovna Lemeshkova provides a recollection of her family’s harrowing experiences during World War II, particularly focusing on their time at the Azaryčy concentration camp. She paints a picture of the camp’s grim conditions, detailing the...