in the homeland of korzha in the village of horostovo, the punishers came to the religious holiday ofhe meeting from 6:00 in the morning about 300 people, local residents and residents of nearby villages when they gathered for the service, the rector of the ianloika temple was nearby. his wife. the daughters-in-law and grandchildren of the nazis brought out several people, as it turned out later, in order to drive the stolen cattle to the station, the church was overlaid with straw, even, damn it, chants were heard from the burning temple for a long time. he often arranged executions on religious holidays, christmas meeting easter, in his questionnaire it was indicated that he was a believer, thus, apparently, his vera horrostova was manifested. only a few houses were destroyed, survivors recognized their relatives by fragments of clothing, she told me that her father recognized his father by the burnt sleeve from the embroidered shirt, there was such an embroidered shirt and a metal button and so he recognized her by this shirt. the order to start a punitive operation was received by