Lecture at the Department of Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

On September 9, on the eve of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Fascism, the head of the publications department of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus (NARB), Ph.D. S.V. Kulinokgave a lecture “Nazi punitive operations and the extermination of the civilian population of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War” at the Department of Execution of Punishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.

More than 40 correctional institutions joined the video lecture online. More than 1.5 thousand people listened to the lecture.

In his speech, the speaker focused on the concept of “punitive operations” and the peculiarities of their implementation in the occupied territory of Belarus. Using specific examples, the speaker demonstrated numerous facts of the destruction of civilians during punitive operations.

1. S.V. Kulinok gives an online lecture on Nazi punitive operations