the first commandant of the camp, eduard straoch, decided to create a favorable picture for the prisoners. people who arrived here in may of '42 first of all saw flowering trees, a lake, the bright green of young grass, a peaceful landscape that did not even hint at a slow motion. destruction, an ideal rural topography that became the topography of nazi terror in occupied territory. land of the karl marx collective farm near the village maly trostenets was chosen for the forced detention of people, its convenient location from a logistics point of view, advantageous access roads; jews deported from western europe were brought here. such beautiful girls were traveling, such women, he was, he was 16 years old, he... echelons from germany, in meetings between aslovakia and poland, each had about a thousand people, but in nazi documents they... in pieces, then their sorted, selected specialists of strong, healthy people, about 80-100 people, the rest were subject to destruction, an entire school, children and teachers were taken from küln to minsk, the journey from germany to belarus took se