Belarusian diplomats in Austria honoured memory of USSR Hero Dmitry Karbyshev
On February 16th, 2025, the Embassy of Belarus in Austria took part in a memorial ceremony dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the tragic death of Dmitry Karbyshev, Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant General of the Engineering Forces, in the Mauthausen Nazi concentration camp, sb.by reports with reference to Belarus’ Foreign Ministry
The Belarusian diplomats laid wreaths and flowers at the obelisk and memorial plaque erected at the place of General Karbyshev's execution at the Mauthausen Memorial in Upper Austria. The ceremony – attended by representatives of the Russian Embassy, Austrian anti-fascist organisations, the Austrian-Belarusian Society, the delegation of the Dmitry Karbyshev Russian school, as well as representatives of the administration of the memorial complex – was held as part of the events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and became an important reminder of the heroism and perseverance of Soviet prisoners of war who fought against Nazi ideology even in inhumane conditions.
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In the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Dmitry Karbyshev worked as an inspector of the construction of fortifications in the Grodno fortified area. In August 1941, the man was seriously wounded and captured during the fighting in the Mogilev Region. Refusing to co-operate with the Nazis, he was tortured and moved to various concentration camps. Since the autumn of 1944, he was in the Mauthausen concentration camp.
On the cold night of February 17th-18th, 1945, Dmitry was brutally executed: he and other prisoners were taken out, doused with ice water and beaten with batons by order of the camp commander. That act became one of the many tragic pages in the history of Nazi crimes.
In 1963, a monument was erected on the territory of the former Mauthausen concentration camp in memory of General Karbyshev's feat, symbolising the courage and indomitable will of the Soviet man.
Streets in Minsk, Brest and Grodno are named after Dmitry Karbyshev.
