About the book: 2022 / The history of the Great Patriotic War is rich in examples of the selfless perseverance and heroism of the Soviet people. However, there is also a place in it for the terrible crimes committed by the German occupiers in the territories they occupied. The German machine of suppression and destruction of civilian populations worked especially strongly in the areas of modern Russia and Belarus, as evidenced by hundreds of official orders and other documents generously sent to Hitler’s Einsatzgruppen. In this book, the reader will find irrefutable evidence of the atrocities committed by fascist punitive forces, SS troops and their henchmen in the occupied territories, as well as evidence of the courage of the Soviet people who managed to survive, withstand and defeat a ruthless enemy.