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Belorussians
False Identity
Holocaust Survivors
Jewish Soldiers - Red Army
Killing Pits
Hiding of Jews
Mass Murders
Memorials
Monuments
Assistance to Jews
Attitude of the Local Population
Hiding Place
Judenrat (jewish Council)
Lohse, Hinrich
Wehrmacht
Forced Labor
Badge of Shame - Belorussia
ChGK - Chrezvychaynaya Gosudarstvennaya Komissiya Po Ustanovleniyu I Rassledovaniyu Zlodeyaniy Nemetsko-Fashistskikh Zakhvatchikov I Ikh Soobshchnikov
Ghettoization
Ghettos
Badge of Shame
Burial