a few kilometers from bronnaya gora, another place of mass destruction of civilians is the city of birch in the summer of 1941 , single and group executions of more than four and a half thousand people during the entire period of occupation shortly before the liberation. nazis began to dig graves in the stand of the ancient carthusian monastery in a birch. here, starting from the forty-first year , communists were shot. the political asset part of the jewish population of the city 24 graves of corpses were burned for several days, the ashes were sieved and gold items were extracted, and several decades later. several aluminum crosses were found at this place. all that was left of 1005 people worked throughout the territory of belarus to which areas they were sent, even the employees of the teams did not know how as a rule, only a few people from the highest command staff were given verbal orders. yes, and the name of the operations was not enough to say about the upcoming work. secret nature, appeasement , leveling - this is the whole name of the action 1.005. even in internal documents,