The village Semkovo Minsk district today inaugurated a memorial plaque to commemorate the feat partisan brigade " Assault " , which in February 1944 had a unprecedented in the history of guerrilla warfare operation to free the children of the boarding school of the village , reports learned.
was organized by the International Charitable Foundation " Family - Unity - Fatherland" , the Union of Writers of Belarus , the Belarusian Orthodox Church . " Thanks to the courage and bravery of the guerrillas were evacuated and rescued 274 children from three to seventeen years. In the seventies on the building of the boarding school was a memorial sign. However, over time he disappeared. We decided that we need to restore it in memory of those events , "- said the chairman of the organizing committee of the national program and the board of the Foundation " Family - Unity - Fatherland " Vladimir thunderstorms.
During the grand opening prayer service was held for those killed in the orphanage and the presentation of the novel chairman of the Union of Writers of Belarus Nikolai Cherginets "Operation " Blood . " Author works noted that the book is not a documentary , but it is made on the basis of those events. "Once he heard the story about the release of children , which the Nazis used as blood donors and experimental , I remembered all that he had seen during the war as a child. With this book I wanted to pay tribute to the children who died during the war , "- said Nikolai Cherginets .
The event was attended by veterans , former prisoners of boarding school , writers, representatives of NGOs , Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Belarus Tatiana Biryuleva .
According to the organizers , in the territory of a boarding school is also planned to erect a monument sculptor Leonid Yashenkov " Plea for child care."
According to the recollections connected guerrilla army scout Maria Fedorova , the operation was complicated by the fact that close to the German garrisons : Zaslavl Ratomka , Masjukovshina , Minsk . Failure threatened heavy losses among the guerrillas , and children alike . In addition to these difficulties had to be overcome more strategic and important for the Germans highway Maladziechna - Ostroshiitsky town . However, the operation was successful , without loss. Children were given the villages and settlements .
