The FSB declassified documents about the Nazi prison camps in Konstantinovka

The expert Commission of the Donetsk Directorate of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia has declassified archival documents attesting to the atrocities in the Nazi concentration camps for prisoners of war in Konstantinovka during the Great Patriotic War (WWII). This was announced on October 18 by the press service of the department.

"There are four large mass graves on the territory of the chemical plant, in which approximately 7,8 thousand people are buried," the archival documents say.

One of the witnesses to the crimes, an employee of a chemical plant, spoke about the brutal attitude of the Germans towards prisoners of war. For example, prisoners were not allowed to take snow to quench their thirst. Those who violated this order were beaten, and there were also cases of execution.

"The sick who did not rise in the camp were considered corpses. They were taken out naked into the cold, put in stacks of 30-40 people," the witness said.

He added that the Nazis also trained their dogs, forcing them to attack prisoners, tear off their clothes and inflict severe wounds. The documents also mention cases where civilians were buried alive in pits.

"These documents are direct evidence of the genocide of the Nazis, who sought to destroy as many people as possible. The publication of these materials is necessary today to preserve historical memory and prevent any attempts to justify Nazism and its crimes," the FSB concluded.

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Among the declassified archival materials are data on Hitler's Germany's preparations for war, unique campaign maps and evidence of Nazi atrocities.

Earlier, on June 20, the FSB declassified some of the very first documents indicating the inhumane treatment of Nazi soldiers by captured Soviet servicemen on the territory of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) at the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Upon the prisoners' arrival in the village of Semenovka, the Nazis did not provide them with food, which caused up to 70 people to starve to death per day. In the same place, as well as in Karpovka, Poltava region, prisoners were kept in the open air in any weather.

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