- Location
- Near Minsk
- Period
- 1942–1944
- Methods
- Shootings and gas vans
- Victims
- At least tens of thousands
A complex, not one camp
Maly Trostenets was connected with the Blagovshchina forest and Shashkovka site and combined forced labor, shootings, gas vans, deportation trains and evidence destruction.
Victims from Minsk
Belarusian Jews and prisoners from the Minsk Ghetto were among the victims, along with deportees from Germany, Austria, the Protectorate and elsewhere.
Western deportations
Some transports arriving in Minsk were directed onward toward Trostenets. Many deportees were murdered shortly after arrival.
Killing methods
Victims were shot at nearby sites or murdered in gas vans, linking railway deportation with the Holocaust by bullets.
Aktion 1005
In 1943 prisoners were forced to exhume and burn bodies. Remaining prisoners were also murdered as German forces retreated in 1944.
Why totals vary
Records were destroyed and researchers use different geographic definitions, so a cautious overview avoids one exact total.
Sources
This page draws on the institutional sources listed below.