Hungarian soldiers force Russian civilians in the small village of Polnikovo to dig their own graves before being summarily executed, while the other villagers are forced to watch (July 1942)
Hungarian soldiers force Russian civilians in the small village of Polnikovo to dig their own graves before being summarily executed, while the other villagers are forced to watch (July 1942) View attachment 463885
Days previously, two Hungarian soldiers were killed in the forest near the village. The Hungarian Army then carried out reprisal killings of all male civilians in the village who had been in or near the forest on the day the Hungarian soldiers were killed. Polnikovo, Ukolovskogo District, Voronezh Oblast (now, Krasnensky District, Belgorod Oblast), Russia, Soviet Union. July 1942.
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