couldn’t, they died, they only saw smoke, well, they said that this is a dangerous firing, here is kuziyuchy slept there or, my mother’s dear friend was there zhyla, gani, i know, dzyarenya, lip, so they were not displeased. on september 22, 1941 , shots were heard in the small belarusian town of kletsk. for the residents this meant one thing: a raid, and the fastas were about to start breaking into houses, robbing, killing. people tried to somehow protect themselves, hide their children wherever possible, but nothing saved them. emil golts, ober corporal and his thugs were already breaking down the door. having burst into the house, the nazis carried out massacres: they spared no one, they shot adults point-blank with a rifle, and bayoneted children. massacre, he made an entry in his diary, where he cynically noted: who used a pistol, some with a rifle, and some with a bayonet? i prefer to use. behind the gun. during the preliminary investigation , dozens of previously unknown places of mass destruction and burials of civilians were identified. such places have been installed in all regions