What the records say
- When
- Nov 1942 – Feb 1943
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 52.50° N, 35.15° E
- Description
- 1942 massacre
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Eisbär
1942 massacre
Operation "Polar Bear", German: Operation Eisbär - a punitive police and military anti-guerrilla operation of the German occupation troops in the Kursk Oblast of the Russian Federation, aimed at the destruction of civilians who supported the guerrillas in settlements adjacent to forest areas.
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