Nazi crimes against the Soviet population on the territory of the occupied Donbass, 1941–1943
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2023-4-271-281
Abstract
The article, based on archival materials, considers the crimes of the Nazis and their accomplices against the civilian population living in the Donbass in 1941–1943. Based on the Acts of the Extraordinary State Commission for the identification and investigation of atrocities of the Nazi invaders and other historical sources, it analyzes the crimes of the Nazis against representatives of the Slavic, Jewish and Gypsy nationalities in the region under consideration during the Great Patriotic War. The article presents the atrocities of the Nazis committed in the cities of Stalino, Makeevka, Enakievo, Mariupol, Artemovsk, Kramatorsk, also in the Gorlovsky, Avdeevsky districts of the Stalino (Donetsk) region, the cities of Voroshilovgrad, Krasny Luch of the Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk) region. Following the sources studied, the author comes to a conclusion that the Nazis and their accomplices carried out a policy of exterminating the population of Donbass during the Great Patriotic War racially motivated.
About the Author
A. S. Saenko
Donetsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anton S. Saenko, postgraduate student
24, Universitetskaya St., Donetsk, 283001
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Saenko A.S. Nazi crimes against the Soviet population on the territory of the occupied Donbass, 1941–1943. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations". 2023;(4/2):271-281. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2023-4-271-281
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