Remembering the 1943 Nazi Massacre of 157 Belarusians in Khatyn Village 80 Years Later

Wednesday marks 80 years since the destruction of the town of Khatyn in the Belorusian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR), a 1943 crime by Nazi forces during World War II that was immortalized after the war as emblematic of the horrific conditions endured by the country under fascist occupation.