All museums of Belarus replenished with expositions on genocide of Belarusian people

Less than a year has passed since the opening of the criminal case on genocide of the Belarusian people. During this time, the General Prosecutor's Office has questioned almost 13,000 people, more than half of whom were prisoners of fascist camps. They are real eyewitnesses of the terrible crimes of the Nazis. The specialists examined more than 400 previously unknown places of mass graves. Every Belarusian can see the results of this large-scale work.

The scale of atrocities, cruelty, and the sophistication of violence and torture against civilians was enormous. Over the last year, the excavations of unknown or little-studied mass grave sites have shed light on the tragic events of the terrible war. Bullets recovered from execution sites, personal belongings of the dead, copies of documents of the German command, acts of the state commission for the establishment and investigation of the atrocities of the invaders and their accomplices. The content of such documents leaves no doubt: the Nazis pursued a deliberate policy of extermination against the peaceful population of Belarus.

Items found in the mass graves emphasize that the fate of the victims was unexpected, none of them knew that those minutes would be the last in their lives, they could only guess about it. Men and women, the elderly and children were all in the same grave. In the face of the enemy, all were equal. Grodno Region prosecutors assure: a lot of work has been done, but many places have not yet been discovered.

In addition to weapons and ammunition, the prosecutor's office of Gomel Region handed over to the local school museum the aerial photographs of German pilots in 1941, obtained during the investigation of a criminal case. There are similar exhibitions in every region of Belarus today. In less than a year, experts have examined more than 400 previously unknown sites of mass graves. The country's museums are being replenished with artifacts - mute witnesses of terrible stories.

The large-scale work is not over yet. Excavations in different parts of the country will continue as the weather warms up. This means that in the Year of Historical Memory, the expositions on genocide will be seriously expanded.