This is the first public execution in the Nazi-occupied territories, on the day in Minsk at the plant arch hanged 12 Soviet underground fighters, helped the wounded Red Army to escape from captivity. In the photo – the time of preparing to hang the Soviet underground fighter Vladimir Shcherbatsevich. On the left – hung before 17-year-old Maria Bruskin.
The execution carried out by volunteers of the 2nd Battalion of the auxiliary police service from Lithuania, commanded by Maj. Antanas Impulevičius.
Location: Minsk, Belarus, USSR
Date: October 26, 1941