An investigation into the genocide of 3.5 million Soviet prisoners of the World war II launched in Germany

At the same time, some of the former Nazis involved in their deaths may still be alive.

In Germany, taking into account its sad history, there is a one-of-a-kind Directorate for the Tracing of those involved in the crimes of National Socialism. Despite the fact that almost 76 years have passed since the end of the war, in recent years it has intensified its work, opening more and more new cases.

"A rare case when the next array of documents will be entirely devoted to the massacres of soldiers and officers of the Red Army - for the first time Germany begins a large-scale investigation of the genocide of Soviet prisoners of war", - underlines Channel Five.

It is known that the identities of seven German citizens who served in the Wehrmacht during the war have already been identified. They are suspected of killing Red Army soldiers. This is another reminder to those who claim that the Wehrmacht served as soldiers who only carried out orders, but allegedly did not share Hitler's ideology, and the SS troops did the "dirty work". Also, all participants in war crimes should remember that there is no statute of limitations for them according to international legal norms.

A year ago, German Ambassador to Russia Geza Andreas von Geir said that Russia plans to transfer thousands of data blocks on Soviet prisoners of war and internees held in concentration camps during the war. We are also talking about the fate of hundreds of thousands of people, most of whom died.