by Forschungsteam Ozarichy 1944 | Mar 18, 2025 | Events
Valentina Shishlo was born in February 1936 in the village of Bielica near Žlobin and experienced the horrors of World War II as a young girl. During the German occupation, her family first lived in her grandparents’ house and later in a cramped stable. In...
by Research Group Azaryčy 1944 | Mar 18, 2025 | Events
Evgeniy Novitskiy, born in Zmiajoŭka, Belarus, in 1932 describes his liberation from the Azaryčy concentration camp: Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Stiftung. Access via:...
by Forschungsteam Azaryčy 1944 | Mar 18, 2025 | Events
German soldiers left their positions in the night of March 16/17, 1944, thus completing the shift of the front line. The deported civilians remained in the camps near Azaryčy. The final report of the 9th Army headquarter states that Soviet reconnaissance forces only...
by Research Group Azaryčy 1944 | Mar 17, 2025 | Events
Zinaida Petrovna Lemeshkova’s narrative delves into the harrowing experiences her family endured at the Azaryčy concentration camp. She describes the camp’s grim setup, surrounded by barbed wire and watchtowers manned by armed German soldiers. Zinaida...
by Forschungsteam Azaryčy 1944 | Mar 16, 2025 | Events
The 9th army headquarters meticulously counted the number of deported civilians. Twice a day, they listed how many civilians were brought into each camp, adding up to at least 41.000. These numbers, however, cannot be taken as absolut truths – the documentalist noted...
by Forschungsteam Ozarichy 1944 | Mar 16, 2025 | Events
On March 16, 1944, the SD final report states that all transports arrived in the so-called “Endlager Süd”, “Mitte” and “Nord” (“final camp South”, “Center” and “North”) . According to the intelligence...