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Vileyka-Barysaw Death Road
The Vilyeyka-Barysaw Death Road refers to the Death march, compelled evacuation and massacre of inmates from the prison in the city of Vilyeyka, then in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), occupied Poland and now in Belarus. The liquidation of the prison, carried out by the NKVD after the Operation Barbarossa, German invasion of the USSR, began on June 24, 1941. The prisoners were formed into several marching columns and then forcibly marched eastward towards Barysaw. During the march, an estimated 500 to 800 prisoners died at the hands of guards. Those who managed to reach Barysaw were then transported by train to Ryazan. This atrocity was one of several NKVD prisoner massacres, prisoner massacres carried out by the Soviet secret police and Red Army, army during the summer of 1941. Background During the interwar period, Vilyeyka ( be, Вілейка, pl, Wilejka) was located within the borders of the Second Polish Republic and served as the center of the Vilyeyka county in Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NKVD Prisoner Massacres Commemorative Plaque At St
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the Ministry of home affairs, interior ministry of the Soviet Union. Established in 1917 as NKVD of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the agency was originally tasked with conducting regular police work and overseeing the country's prisons and labor camps. It was disbanded in 1930, with its functions being dispersed among other agencies, only to be reinstated as an all-union commissariat in 1934. The functions of the OGPU (the secret police organization) were transferred to the NKVD around the year 1930, giving it a monopoly over law enforcement activities that lasted until the end of World War II. During this period, the NKVD included both ordinary public order activities, and secret police activities. The NKVD is known for its role in Soviet political repressions, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
