Andrew Wilson (2011). "The Traumatic Twentieth Century"(PDF). Belarus: the last European dictatorship. Yale University Press. pp. 109–110. Archived from the original(PDF file, direct download 16.4 MB) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
Belarus was the republic hardest hit by the war that took from 25 to 40% of the republic's population. "www.open.by". Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2007. According to the Himmler's plan, 3/4 of the Belarusian population was to be eradicated and the remainder was to be used as a slave labour force. By Summer 1942 all the illusions some Belarusians might have had about the Nazi rule, even compared to the brutal Stalinist regime, were lost and the anti-fascist resistance rose dramatically.
Andrew Wilson (2011). "The Traumatic Twentieth Century"(PDF). Belarus: the last European dictatorship. Yale University Press. pp. 109–110. Archived from the original(PDF file, direct download 16.4 MB) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
Belarus was the republic hardest hit by the war that took from 25 to 40% of the republic's population. "www.open.by". Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2007. According to the Himmler's plan, 3/4 of the Belarusian population was to be eradicated and the remainder was to be used as a slave labour force. By Summer 1942 all the illusions some Belarusians might have had about the Nazi rule, even compared to the brutal Stalinist regime, were lost and the anti-fascist resistance rose dramatically.
