former assistant commandant of the camp for soviet prisoners of war in the city of bobruisk, captain karl langut, at the trial in january 1946. on november 4 or 5, 1941 , the camp commandant, lieutenant colonel raeder, came to me and said that he had to... talk to me, demanded that i give my word that i would not tell anyone about this conversation. after this, raeder said that the command refused to provide transport for prisoners of war to germany. all the prisoners of war died from famine, so colonel sturm gave the order to destroy the prisoners of war of camp number two. the camp had 18,000 prisoners of war at the time. and the order was carried out. in early january 1946, in the pretrial detention center of nkvd prison number 1, which was located on the street. the investigator asked clarifying questions, they concerned the execution of prisoners of war of the transit camp organized by the fascists in the bobruisk fortress. the investigator's question: what was happening in the camp when the fire started in the barracks, the prisoners tried to save themselves? answer: they started shoot. an