This is the first public execution in the Nazi-occupied territories, on the day in Minsk at the plant arch hanged 12 Soviet underground fighters, helped the wounded Red Army to escape from captivity. In the photo – the time of preparation to be hanged Kirill Trus. Right – it Executed 17-year-old Maria Bruskin.
The sign reads in German and in Russian: We are guerrillas who fired on the German army, even though the underground is not engaged in armed struggle against the occupiers.
The first public execution carried out by volunteers of the 2nd Battalion of the auxiliary police service from Lithuania, commanded by Maj. Antanas Impulevičius.
Location: Minsk, Belarus, USSR
Date: October 26, 1941