Russia, Belarus and Austria urged to preserve memory of Nazi camps

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Dmitry Lyubinsky said historians must pass accounts of the camps to younger generations.

Russia, Belarus and Austria should work together to preserve the memory of Nazi concentration camps from the Second World War for younger generations, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Dmitry Lyubinsky said on October 6. He addressed a thematic roundtable in Vienna on international coverage of the tragedy at Maly Trostenets by video message.

With the number of living witnesses declining, Lyubinsky said, joint historical research, publications and academic cooperation remain important. Maly Trostenets was one of the largest Nazi death camps in occupied Soviet territory. RIA Novosti says it ranks fourth, or No. 4, by victim count, after Auschwitz, Majdanek and Treblinka.