[Regnum] In two weeks, the court will begin hearing the case on recognizing the mass murder of civilians by the Nazis and their accomplices in the occupied territories of the Murmansk region during the Great Patriotic War as genocide. This was reported on February 10 by the united press service of the region's courts.
It is specified that the corresponding statement from the prosecutor's office was accepted by the Murmansk Regional Court.
“The civil case is scheduled to be heard in open court on February 24, 2025 at 14:30,” the press service said in a statement on the VKontakte social network.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on February 7, the Murmansk Region prosecutor's office filed a claim with the court to establish the fact of genocide of the peoples of the USSR by the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War. The agency demanded that the Nazi atrocities be recognized as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
During the war of 1941-1945, the territory of the Murmansk region was partially occupied by Wehrmacht troops. As a result of massive bombings, more than 1,500 houses were destroyed in the region.
Red Army soldiers captured by the Nazis were kept in camps in inhumane conditions and forced to do grueling work. The Red Army soldiers died from exhaustion and cold. The total number of Nazi victims in the Murmansk region exceeds 15 thousand people. The amount of damage caused to the region is 1.3 trillion rubles, converted to the current ruble exchange rate.
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