Gazprom-Media Holding will release two films dedicated to the victims of Nazi genocide. This was announced on January 27 by Aleksandr Zharov, CEO of the holding company, on the day of the unveiling of a memorial to civilians of the Soviet Union who died during the Great Patriotic War. The documentary picture will be released this year for the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow on June 22. The producer is Maksim Bespalyy, who filmed the historical series The Romanovs. A feature film is being jointly worked on with producer Inessa Yurchenko, and is scheduled to premiere in 2025.
Both films deal with the genocide of Soviet children during the Great Patriotic War. The fascists set up about 13 concentration camps in the Gatchina district of Leningrad Region. One of them, in the village of Vyritsa, was known as “Children’s Home” by the German soldiers. It held children under the age of 14, who were tortured, starved, and used for hard labor and as blood donors for wounded Germans.