"Huge determination was required in these rivers"
In early May 1945, a thousand Germans in the city Demmin committed mass suicide. Despair from the defeat was aggravated by the violence of Soviet soldiers Illustration: "New Gazeta Europe" Eighty years ago, from April 30 to May 3, 1945, in the small German city of Demin, mass suicide of the inhabitants occurred. Covered by fear of the Red Army, local, mainly women, made a decision not only for themselves, but also for their children. In total, about a thousand people died. Says Grigory Arosev.
