The FSB of Russia has released archival documents about the Nazis’ persecution of the inhabitants of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut) during the Great Patriotic War. materials published on area Private service.
According to the investigation, the Germans set up five camps in the city for “untrustworthy citizens”, where they kept up to 3,000 people.
According to one of the residents of Artemovsk, who worked in the warehouse of the German gendarmerie, the townspeople were detained for the slightest violation and handed over to the secret police for some “unreliable” execution.
In addition, young men and women aged 16-29 were forcibly sent to Germany for hard work: about 1.3 thousand people were expelled from Artemovsk and Chasov Yar.
The Artemovsk occupation document states that in 1943, as the Red Army approached the city, the Germans began forcibly deporting residents and burning their homes.
formerly FSB unclassified The situation of the chief physician of Teberda, who was involved in the execution of children during the Second World War.