{"id":161481,"date":"2025-10-24T23:21:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T20:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/161481\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"german-diplomat-visits-belarus-to-honor-victims-of-nazi-punishers","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/161481\/","title":{"rendered":"German diplomat visits Belarus to honor Nazi death camp victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Niklas Wagner, the German foreign ministry\u2019s representative for Eastern Europe, has visited Belarus to commemorate the victims of Nazi tyranny, the German embassy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/posolstvogermaniiminsk\/posts\/pfbid026yCAze5MUzp1WDd8SJuy7rsGHg3K91a28usFUwpDxGGDWH49t5aGYSwShUugkQRBl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The visit marked the solemn anniversary of the liquidation of the Minsk ghetto on October 21\u201323, 1943. The diplomat&#8217;s trip to Belarus highlights Germany&#8217;s commitment to acknowledging and commemorating the crimes committed by Germans in Belarus, the report reads. Joint commemoration remains a cornerstone of German-Belarusian relations, the embassy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nazis organized the ghetto shortly after the invasion of the Soviet Union. It was one of the largest ghettos in the German-occupied territories of Eastern Europe. About 100,000 Jews passed through it. Most of them died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Supreme Court finds man who died in 1997 guilty of genocide<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 17, Pozirk. The Supreme Court has found Osyp Wynnycky, a deceased Nazi auxiliary police company commander, guilty of genocide, the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office reported. It stated that the convict murdered \u201cat least 403 people, at least 146 children among &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/160492\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 24, Pozirk. Niklas Wagner, the German foreign ministry\u2019s representative for Eastern Europe, has visited Belarus to commemorate the victims of Nazi tyranny, the German embassy reported. The visit marked the solemn anniversary of the liquidation of the Minsk ghetto on October 21\u201323, 1943. 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