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Soviet USSR table medals Khatyn Punitive operation of the Nazis WW2
Soviet USSR table medals Khatyn Punitive operation of the Nazis WW2
Soviet USSR table medals Khatyn Punitive operation of the Nazis WW2
Soviet USSR table medals Khatyn Punitive operation of the Nazis WW2
Soviet USSR table medals Khatyn Punitive operation of the Nazis WW2
Soviet USSR table medals Khatyn Punitive operation of the Nazis WW2
Soviet USSR table medals Khatyn Punitive operation of the Nazis WW2
Soviet USSR table medals Khatyn Punitive operation of the Nazis WW2

Soviet USSR table medals Khatyn Punitive operation of the Nazis WW2

$ 13.2

Availability: 81 in stock
  • Country/Region: Russia
  • Condition: Very Good Condition
  • Year: 1972
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Russian Federation
  • Country: Russia
  • Modified Item: No
  • Theme: Political
  • Type: Medal

    Description

    Soviet USSR table medals Khatyn  Punitive operation of the Nazis 1970s  Original
    Khatyn (possibly from Belorussian hata - house) is a village in Belarus that was destroyed on March 22, 1943, by a punitive detachment as revenge for the murder of several German soldiers[1]. In accordance with the principle of collective punishment, 149 residents of Khatyn were burned alive or shot by the German army and an auxiliary police battalion[2] for possible assistance from the villagers to the partisans[3]. The 118th Schutzmannschaft Battalion and the SS Dirlewanger Special Battalion took part in the punitive operation[4].
    In 1969, a memorial complex was opened at the site where the village was located. Khatyn became a symbol of the mass extermination of civilians carried out by the Nazis and collaborators in the occupied territory of the USSR.