Khatyn massacre
Khatyn (Belarusian: Хаты́нь, romanized: Chatyń, pronounced [xaˈtɨnʲ]; Russian: Хаты́нь, pronounced [xɐˈtɨnʲ]) was a village of 26 houses and 157 inhabitants in Belarus, in Lahoysk Raion, Minsk Region, 50 km away from Minsk. On 22 March 1943, almost the entire population of the village was massacred by the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 in retaliation for an attack on German troops by Soviet partisans.
| Khatyn massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Eastern Front of World War II | |
| Location | Khatyn village, Lahoysk District, Minsk Region, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Coordinates | 54°20′06″N 27°56′42″E |
| Date | 22 March 1943 |
| Target | Belarusians |
| Weapons | Immolation and shooting |
| Deaths | 149 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrators | Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 of the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police Dirlewanger Brigade |
| Motive | Retaliation for Soviet partisan attack |
| Convicted | Vasyl Meleshko Hryhoriy Vasiura |
| Website | khatyn |
The battalion was composed of primarily Ukrainian and Belorussian collaborators and assisted by the Dirlewanger Waffen-SS special battalion.
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