In April 2021, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Belarus opened a criminal case on the fact of genocide of the population of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period. The decision was based on information about the deaths of millions of citizens of the BSSR as a result of the atrocities of the German occupiers and their accomplices. The criminal proceedings initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office to investigate the facts of genocide are aimed at identifying specific individuals from among the German invaders and their accomplices who managed to avoid responsibility for the murder of civilians, abuse and torture in concentration ghettos, and the mass deportation of civilians into German slavery. Information from the criminal case will allow international organizations to raise the issue of recognizing Belarus as a victim of genocide and to stop attempts to devalue historical memory.
