in the military-historical journal white emigration sentinel, which was published in paris until 1988le by valdis baltinsh entitled “i dare not remain silent” was published. it is about terrible atrocities during the punitive operation. swamp fever that latvian legionnaires from the latvian ss battalion worked on belarusian soil. i don’t remember the name of the village in which my attention was attracted by a cloud of flies circling over a wooden barrel. looking into the barrel, i saw cut off men’s heads in it, some with mustaches and beards. conversations with surviving residents left us with no doubt that latvian ss men also operated here. even those who were on the other side were horrified by the cruelty of the latvian ss legion. the punitive operation swamp fever lasted until september 21. legionnaires became accomplices of the fascists. general prosecutor's office of the republic of belarus. a criminal case on the fact of genocide of the population of belarus during the great patriotic war and the post-war period. village of trokhimovichi. they didn’t get away, but then to the