Krucha
Krucha is a Belarusian village in Kruhlaje Raion in the Mahiljouskaya Woblasz region .
history
On October 10, 1941 , the approximately 150 Jewish children, women and men living in Krutscha were shot dead by Wehrmacht soldiers , members of the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 691 Infantry Regiment.
literature
- Hans Holzhaider: Dirty hands. Crimes of the Wehrmacht: The perpetrators always asserted that they had to obey the orders. The files of a forgotten trial from 1954 show it was a protective claim. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung from 10./11. June 2017, p. 53 ( online edition , for a fee)
Coordinates: 54 ° 15 ' N , 29 ° 33' E