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Vinnytsia massacre
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The Vinnytsia massacre was the mass murder of Polish and Ukrainian civilians, mostly the political and social elites held as political prisoners, by the Soviet NKVD between 1937–1942. After the war, the Soviets tried blame the Germans for the killings.
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Discovery
On May 26, 1943 Ukrainian civilians discovered the mass graves. The German press made the facts public. They found 9528 corpses in three mass graves. Two mass graves with 96 corpses were found in the backyard of the prison in Vinnytsia. The victims were Polish and Ukrainian political prisoners. The third and largest mass grave was found in an orchard near to Vinnytsia; here there were 9432 corpses.
Accusations
The propaganda of Stalin accused the Germans with mass murder. This lie still exists and is often repeated by the German media today.
Investigation
An international medical committee was convened. The reports of the committee describe that most of the victims were murdered by shots into the back of neck. After the war a US congressional committee investigated the mass murders at Vinnytsia. Charles Kersten leaded the committee investigation and published the findings in the 83rd Congress, Second Session, Special Report No. 4. The report fully confirms the results of the committee and blames the responsibility on the Soviets. The opening of the Soviet archives also proves the results of the congressional committee.
- German unit in Vinnytsia in August, 1943.
- Rest in Vinnytsia
- Soldiers of a sanitary unit in in Vinnytsia, a German officer on the left
- Exhumed Polish and Ukrainian victims,
- German unit, that was present at the exhumation
- The place where the mass murder occurred
- German sanitary wagon at Vinnytsia, at the window the soldier who took the photographs
- Polish and Ukrainian victims
- Polish and Ukrainian victims
- Polish and Ukrainian victims
- Military doctor at the place of the exhumations
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Literature
De Zayas, A. M.: Die Wehrmachtsuntersuchungsstelle. Universitas Verlag, München 2001 (German)
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