the first commandant of the camp, eduard shtraoch, decided to create a favorable picture for the prisoners: the people who arrived here in may of 1942 first of all saw flowering trees, a lake, the bright green of young grass, a peaceful landscape that did not even hint at the slow mechanism of destruction. an ideal rural topography that... land the land of the karl marx collective farm near the village of maly trostenets was chosen for the forced detention of people, convenient from a logistical point of view, convenient 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 remembered this, that with such beautiful black hair, and... germany, austria, czechoslovakia and poland, each had about a thousand people, but in nazi documents they were counted pieces, then they were sorted and selected by specialists. germany to belarus took several days, during which the children sent their parents postcards with views of ancient cities and asked them to send a certificate of completion of courses to minsk