{"id":73778,"date":"2024-03-18T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T11:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/73778\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"supreme-court-convicts-dead-nazi-criminal-of-genocide","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/73778\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court convicts dead Nazi criminal of genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 18, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Belarusian Supreme Court has found deceased Vladimir Katriuk guilty of genocide, it press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court has not imposed any punishment because Katriuk died in Canada in 2015. Proceedings opened on February 8 with the criminal case against Katriuk comprising 35 volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During WWII, Ukrainian-born Katriuk served with a Nazi SS battalion and was involved in war atrocities in Belarus, including the Chaty\u0144 massacre, the Guardian reported in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the war, he emigrated to Canada where he was granted citizenship. The Belarusian foreign ministry said Canadian authorities did not respond to the extradition request. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2015, Katriuk ranked second on the list of surviving Nazi war criminals wanted by the United States-based Simon Wiesenthal Center hunting Nazi war criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katriuk denied his involvement in war crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the 2020 post-election protests, officials in Minsk have been promoting a theory that the Belarusians suffered genocide at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators during WWII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July 2023, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka signed a law providing for criminal prosecution of the dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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