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On January 16, an information hour was held at the Minsk Radio Engineering College dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the tragedy in the Belarusian village – “Ola – the sister of Khatyn.”

Today we are again talking about the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War, we recall the tragedy in Khatyn.

The history of the village of Ola is similar to the history of Khatyn.

January 14, 2024 marked exactly 80 years since the terrible tragedy in the village of Ola.

On the eve of the Great Patriotic War, in the village of Ola, Svetlogorsk district, Gomel region, there were 34 households. In the winter of 1943–1944, the village found itself in the front-line zone.

1,758 people died there, including 950 children, 508 women, 100 men and 200 elderly people.

During the punitive operation in January 1944, not only the residents of the village of Ola died, but also the residents of the surrounding villages who were hiding here from the Nazi occupiers.

WE REMEMBER