The Germans - a village on the territory of the Verkhnedvinsk district of the Vitebsk region , was destroyed by the Nazi invaders along with the inhabitants. It was located 1.5 km south of the village of Vorzovo, Bigosovsky Village Council .
Before the war, the population was 49 people.
On February 16, 1943 , during the Winterzauber punitive operation, the Nazis destroyed 22 inhabitants, and burned the village (11 yards). After the war, did not revive.
Memory
In 1975, a mound was poured on the site of the former village, and a stele was erected. Immortalized in the Khatyn memorial complex.
See also
- The list of settlements destroyed by the Nazis in Belarus
Literature
- Belarus in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, Minsk., “Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia” named after Petrus Brovka, 1990, ISBN 5-85700-012-2 , P.382