Russia's investigative Committee in the case of genocide in the years of the great Patriotic war began removing the remains of victims killed by the Nazis at Stalingrad, interviewed witnesses of the killings, reported on the Agency's website.
Earlier it was reported that the UK opened a criminal case on the genocide of the people of Stalingrad by the Nazis in 1942-43.
Two criminal cases were initiated in the Oryol region on the facts of the execution by the Nazis and their accomplices of the civilian population during the Great Patriotic war, reported on the website of the RF IC.
So, in the territory of the settlement of the Lower Third was found the burial place of peaceful citizens, shot in 1942 during the occupation of the Orel region by German fascist invaders. It is noted that the excavations revealed four human skeletons, the bones of which are damaged from shots from a firearm.
The investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case on the genocide of the people of Stalingrad by the Nazis in 1942-43, reported on the Agency's website.
"The results ... study of archival materials on mass killings of civilians during the great Patriotic war on the territory of the Stalingrad region (now the Volgograd region) criminal case under article 357 of the criminal code (genocide)," - said in a release.
The participants of the essay competition of pupils "Without a limitation period" assessed "such a monstrous phenomenon as Nazism," all work written with feeling, said the Minister of education Sergey Kravtsov.
"All the children are written very soulful and sensual. What you guys did is very very important. You with the attitude of the younger generation give their assessment of such a monstrous phenomenon as Nazism, and I'm sure your work will help to preserve the clarity of this understanding for future generations and for the whole world", - said the Minister at the Museum of Victory at the awards ceremony for winners of the national contest dedicated to carrying out in Russia of Year of remembrance and glory.
Reference to genocide in the case against the Nazis committed atrocities on the territory of the Pskov region during the great Patriotic war, appeared in the second half of 1960-ies, from the regional Federal security service declassified documents, seen by RIA Novosti.
We are talking about the sentence from 1967.
The question about the number of children destroyed by the Nazis in the occupied Soviet Union during the great Patriotic war, still remains open, but the study of the regional archives allows you to Refine the figures and to complete the picture of the atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis, told RIA Novosti the Dean of the faculty of archives studies of the history and archives Institute of Russian state humanitarian University, member of the working group of the project "Without time limitation" Elena Malysheva.
Monday marks the international day of protection of children.
The German and Finnish invaders in the Leningrad oblast during the great Patriotic war were repaired monstrous atrocities against civilians: the mentally ill killed, sticking them with poison, and children were destroyed, throwing toy airplanes filled with explosives.
This is stated in the regional Federal security service declassified the archival documents consulted by RIA Novosti. The documents consist mainly of the special reports of the security organs and internal Affairs of the war years.