The story of the life and death of General Karbysheva, which the Nazis had turned into a block of ice

General Dmitry Karbyshev — one of the Soviet commanders who performed his duty to the end. This man was captured in the battle, in an unconscious state after a concussion and, before dying, has passed all the circles of the Nazi hell. Captured in August 1941, Karbyshev was in the most terrible death camps: Zamoscie, Hammelburg, Flossenburg, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen. The Nazis killed General shortly before the end of the war, on 18 February 1945.

Biography D. M. Karbysheva is the story of life, devoted himself entirely to the service of the Fatherland. Born Dmitry Mikhailovich in Omsk 26 Oct 1880 in the family Kryashens — baptized Tatars. The father of the future General was a military officer and hero of the Crimean war, and his mother came from a merchant family.

Even as a child, Dmitry decided to devote himself to military Affairs, and immediately after school arrives in the Nikolayev military engineering Institute. After completing his studies, the young officer fighting in Manchuria, and then on the fronts of the First world war. A brilliant military engineer, Karbyshev not only involved in the battles, but also engaged in research and design work. His name is inscribed in the history of Brest fortress, in which he was directly involved.

Just a long list of Demetrius Mikhailovich dozens of fortifications, located from the Far East to the Western borders of the country. Karbyshev known as the author of the plan to break through the Mannerheim line, one of the most impregnable fortified 20th century. The General has published more than 100 scientific papers on military engineering and military history.

Left your contribution General and in the peace building — he was the main Advisor of the academic Council on the reconstruction of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. As the Church once was used as a fortress, the best specialist for its restoration it was difficult to find.

The Red army Royal Colonel Dmitry Karbyshev entered immediately after the revolution, in 1917. A nobleman by birth, he was confident that Russia can serve not only under the Imperial banners. The contribution of Dmitry Mikhailovich as a specialist in the development of the young Soviet army is difficult to overestimate. Reference books written about him:

General Karbyshev lived long and full, decent life and died with his head bowed, after the torture and abuse, on the eve of the liberation of the camp by the allies. No longer young, 64-year-old Soviet General brought to the Mauthausen camp on 17 February with a large group of prisoners and sent to martyrdom. Major canadian army Seddon de Saint-Clair, who was lucky to survive in captivity, described the death of Dmitry Karbyshev so:

In the night from 17 to 18 February, the General's body was burned in the crematorium of the camp. General Dmitry Karbyshev cannot be called a forgotten hero. It is named after the streets and squares, ships and businesses, the character is put dozens if not hundreds of monuments. His name on the Wall in a concentration camp of Mauthausen, where he ended the life of Dmitry Mikhailovich.