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Russian MP Mironov demands monument for Nazi camp victims
A Just Russia party leader Sergey Mironov has called for a monument to be erected for Soviet prisoners of war and civilians who died in the Hohenbruch concentration camp in the Kaliningrad region.
Sergey Mironov, head of the A Just Russia party faction in the Russian State Duma, has called for a monument to be erected to commemorate Soviet prisoners who died in the Nazi Hohenbruch concentration camp.
Mironov announced that he has prepared a parliamentary inquiry for Kaliningrad Region Governor Aleksey Besprozvannykh. The politician stated, "The memory of the victims of genocide must be preserved at this site."
Tip from a local resident
Mironov relayed that a woman from the region contacted an online complaints desk, stating that two steles had been erected in the former camp area in memory of Polish public and political figures on the initiative of the Polish government and consulate, but that there was still no monument for Soviet prisoners of war and civilians.
History of the camp
The party's press service reported that the Hohenbruch concentration camp was located in East Prussia (now the Gromovo settlement in the Kaliningrad region).
According to one version, the camp operated from August 1939 until it was liberated by the Red Army in January 1945. Another version states it remained operational until October 1944, when the Nazis, fearing the advance of the Red Army, ordered the evacuation of the population and all state institutions from the frontline area.
The press service stated, "Initially established as a camp for Polish prisoners of war and civilians, Hohenbruch quickly turned into a Gestapo prison and from 1943 acquired the status of a sub-camp of the Stutthof concentration camp. The prisoners were predominantly political opponents of the regime, Jews, and, after 1941, Soviet prisoners of war."
It was noted that prisoners were held in inhumane conditions, subjected to torture, and died en masse due to harsh labor conditions and executions.
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