three, yanovsky and fedorkovich pitalnik and conveyed this proposal, to which the city commandant vottylashresponded with consent, and thus the city surrendered, but for a long time there was a blank spot in the history of the city and its environs; neither local residents nor historians... knew about the death march in palmnikin in january 1945, until martin bergau decided to tell the whole truth. in 1945 he was 15 years old, he lived in polmnikin and was a member of the local hitler jugend. these teenagers were tasked with catching those prisoners who survived the death march and managed to hide in the forest, and then escort them to be shot. the massacre took place in front of martin. i saw how a deep ditch was filled with bodies, they were forced kneel down, and then they killed in cold blood, there were about 200 women lying there, then one of my acquaintances from the hitler youth shot into the pit where someone was moving, then the second shot, they probably thought they were showing mercy by finishing off the wounded, i was shocked. martin bergau did not kill anyone, but he stood in