Belarusian Attorney General Says 400 Nazi SS Members Involved In World War II Genocide Are Still Alive

Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrei Shved. (Source: President.Gov.By)

JAKARTA - Belarus has evidence of more than 400 former Nazi SS members who lived in 17 countries and participated in the genocide of its people during World War II, Attorney General Andrei Shved told media on Thursday after a meeting with Russia's Attorney General Igor Krasnov.

"Currently there is a list of more than 400 surviving members of the SS, who are known to have committed murders in Belarus during World War II. We urge law enforcement agencies from at least 17 countries to bring these people to justice for their crimes", he said, quoting TASS on October 28.

Shved said, at a meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian and Russian prosecutors presented a detailed report on joint steps to investigate the genocide case that Belarus opened recently.

"As we can see, there will be more results on this path soon. Archival documents are being studied. A large amount of important information for presenting documentary evidence of criminal acts, including those committed by living Nazi, is stored in the Russian archives", said Shved.

"It is very important for us to get more evidence, concrete and specific, to bring charges against these criminals in addition to the evidence we collected in Belarus in the process of investigating the genocide case", Shved said.

He said Russian colleagues shared information with Belarusian investigators about the whereabouts of several Nazis.

"Through their efforts, we have received this information and examined it to receive confirmation that this criminal resides in 17 countries. We study the experience of our Russian colleagues in investigating such cases. For their part, they note the results we achieved in Belarus", said Shved.

For your information, in April 2021, the Belarusian General Prosecutor's Office launched a criminal case for the genocide of the Belarusian people during World War II. The PGO plans to prosecute by the international treaty on the extradition of the surviving criminals.

His party has requested legal assistance from Russia, Germany, and other countries in investigating this case. Lithuania and Latvia have refused to cooperate, while Russia has previously said it was ready to assist.