Spaces and Phases of Transformation at Maly Trascjanec
The following digital exhibition is divided into two major sections: Firstly, an information section that is chronologically oriented towards the transformation of the site of Maly Trascjanec and its surroundings. Secondly, the transformation of the place is visually illustrated with the help of the "Neatline" tool. In both sections, three sites are the focus of the research: The site of the former SD camp Maly Trascjanec, the Blahaǔščyna forest clearing and the Šaškoǔka forest.
On the timeline, the transformation of the extermination site can be divided into ten phases. At the beginning, the establishment of the execution site in the Blahaǔščyna forest and the transformation of the area that took place there due to the demands of organised mass murder will be highlighted. Subsequently, the establishment of the SD camp Maly Trascjanec in 1942 to 1943 will be considered, before the chapter on "Aktion 1005" in the Blahaǔščyna forest takes a look at the attempt of the National Socialists to cover up their crimes. The transformative effect of the attempted obliteration of the genocide is then described in the chapter on the temporary crematorium of Šaškoǔka, before the fifth chapter describes the attempt to " finally" destroy the traces of the perpetrators by demolishing the labour camp and murdering the remaining inmates in June 1944. This is followed in the sixth chapter by the next major transformation of the Maly Trascjanec site, when the Extraordinary State Commission (ČGK) began its investigations on the camp grounds in July 1944.
Then the Maly Trascjanec 1942-1943 are considered before with the chapter on the n the forest of Blahaǔščyna the attempt of the National Socialists to cover up the crimes is observed. The transformative effect of the attempted obfuscation of the genocide is then discussed in the chapter on the temporary crematorium of Šaškoǔka described before in the fifth chapter the attempt of" final" trace destruction the perpetrators are set forth by the destruction of the labor camp and the murder of the remaining inmates in June 1944. Here, in the sixth chapter, the next major transformation step of the Maly Trascjanec area follows, when the Extraordinary State Commission ČGK until July 1944 their Investigations at the camp site picks up.
From the seventh chapter onwards, the post-war history of the site will be presented, beginning with the renewed use of the former camp site as an agricultural and military area and the slow state recognition of the local population's wishes for remembrance. In the eighth chapter, the slowly growing classification of Maly Trascjanec as a site of violence of the Second World War in the Belarusian SSR will be taken up, before the ninth chapter looks at the 1990s and the concepts for erecting a memorial. Finally, the tenth chapter describes the last step so far in the transformation of the site through the establishment of the memorial.
The transformation process of the extermination site since 1944 can be traced on an interactive map.
Responsible for content: Peter Kamp