in early march 1944, military intelligence of the 65th army reported to its commander pavel ivanovich batov that a camp had been discovered in the kalinkovichi district, where a large number of civilians were being held in the open air, judging by all indications, this was exactly the one... there was operational information. the germans in polesie organized the tefozny camp as a protective shield from the advancing red army. the last hopes of stopping the rapid advance of the soviet troops were pinned on it. it was assumed that when the camp was liberated, mass infection would begin among them. now. the information was confirmed, intelligence reported that a large number of people were on the ground behind the barbed wire. there were no buildings on the territory, except for the towers for the german guards. many corpses, many sick people typhus. the approaches to the camp are mined. bending over a map of the area, the scouts began to tell in detail. where, in what place it is possible to organize approaches to the camp, how to neutralize the guards, begin demining the adjacent territories