the battalion was commanded by a security mayor police erich kerner and mayor konstantin smovsky.orty-second battalion was transferred to belarus and took part in punitive operations in minsk. vitebsk and grodno regions. that day, the nazis called for reinforcements. zondar-team of the sss under the command of the criminal dirlewanger, which was particularly cruel. having burst into khatyn and not finding the partisans there, the massacre began against civilians . how events unfolded further, in the testimony of eyewitnesses, residents of the village of the kamensky village council pleshchenitsky district of minsk region. march 25 , 1943. on march 22 of the above year, german monsters attacked the neighboring village of khatyn and burned its structure. residents of 150 people were brutally tortured and burned. 40 adult men, 34 women, 70 children of different ages from a month to 14 years old were burned. a village of twenty-six households was completely burned. to the sad list of burned belarusian villages in march of forty- three. another one was added, khatyn. the execution of t

mobilized youth from rural areas of the kiev region, commanded by the battle guard police major erich. kerner and mayor konstantin smovsky. at the end sotal was transferred to belarus, took part in punitive operations in the minsk, vitebsk and grodno regions. that day, the nazis called for reinforcements. zondar-team of the sss under the command of the criminal dirlewanger, which was particularly cruel. having burst into khatyn and not finding the partisans there, the massacre began against civilians, as events unfolded further, in the testimony of eyewitnesses, residents of the village of kamensky village council , pleshchenitsy district, minsk region. march 25 , 1943. march 22nd of the above year german monsters attacked the neighboring town of khatyn and burned its structure. the inhabitants, numbering 150 people, were brutally tortured and burned. 40, 34 women, 70 children of different ages from a month to 14 years. a village of twenty-six households was completely burned. another one was added to the sad list of burned belarusian villages in march 1943 - khatyn. the execution of the popu