Hopenko Peter A.
I was born in Kiev, in the village Makarivka, Ladyzhyn district. Father Alexei Hopenko Mitrofanovich was a farmer. During the famine in 1933 in Kiev and Cherkassy region almost all villages dying of hunger. To die of hunger, the father managed zaverbuvatysya to Dnipropetrovsk, the town of Nikopol, where workers were required to begin construction of the South-pipe steel plant.
The war caught by surprise. Aug. 17 Germans invaded the city of Nikopol. Soon began to round up activists, communists, young communists and Jews. Started mass executions, and the father of the family had to flee the town of Nikopol.
Beginning in 1943 The Nazis began building concentration camps in the village of Manganese and mine them. Ordzhonikidze, where there were mines of manganese ores. Concentration camps, which were surrounded by two rows of barbed wire, under tension and towers filled with Soviet prisoners of war who worked in the mines, mined manganese ore for shipment to Germany. At the same time went to mass raids on civilians for shipment to Germany in slavery. Almost every day, policemen and fascists joined this camp civilians. In the camp began fever. Lice, bugs and Tarakanov have power over people.
RAT vidhryzaly ears and limbs of fingers in patients. Every morning from this factory of death were taken to a dozen or even more corpses to the cemetery, which was in 800 meters from the camp. Almost every week and civilian prisoners who are kept on their feet, Stage sent to Krivoy Rog, loaded into wagons and sent into slavery. But patients with fever dostrilyuvaly and were taken to the cemetery. In October 1943 policemen caught me and threw in this camp, and November 1, 1943 was a milestone uhnanyy of Krivoy Rog and sent to Germany. Arrived at the station Zaliznokoliynyy of Munich, it was raining. Nearly 500 people gathered us with goods wagons. Where not hire civilian Germans on the platform, and us, postroyenyh in two ranks, began to buy from our guards. I am none of Bauer did not buy because I had broken teeth and broken ribs, one of the policemen in the camp. We were almost 60 people, which is not purchased, ie brakovyh was pohruzheno in machines "dushehubky" and taken to a "Dachau." Long we sat in cars with open doors, then slammed the door and drove on. So I got to camp "Kothau" in Ingolstadt. He worked as a laborer, track maintenance crews zaliznychnokoliynoho station in Ingolstadt.
What was in captivity, it is scary to mention. During the bombing of American aircraft had a 16 oskolochnyh injury, was almost buried in bomb shelters, but a miracle saved me.
In 1995 the Germans came to me. There were four of the translator. They had my address, my archival documents. I learned that these were historical writers of Munich. Sends the translation from the German book. 
After the war he worked as a miner in the mining of manganese ore. More than 30 years as a freelance reporter working for what I have 23 letters of commendation. He worked in the workers' control of the city of Ordzhonikidze. 9 years working in the social security commissioners. 9 years heading Ordzhonikidzivsku union of former victims of Nazism.
Life passed me by
(Translated from German)
When Peter Alekseevich was a arestovan in 1943 g. Gestapo, emu yspolnylos only 15 years. He was a ynternyrovan in kontsentratsyonnыy Camp in county g. Nikopol, Ukraine, where on the second day k nemu bыly prymenenы sylneyshye pryemы: emu bыly vыbytы all perednye zubы, pink sapoha bыly razorvanы hubы, polomanы ribs levoy side hrudnoy cells and blows karabyna sapoh. For that was a vozlozhen such a cargo of 15-year-old boys? What are the crimes sovershyl Petr Alekseevich, so why zhestoko oboshlys with him? In Reply эty questions can lysh several stinging words. Crimes Hopenko sostoyalo in volume, that on standing on the street, when partyzanы derzhaly prytselom under a car with nemetskymy ofytseramy. The area where proyzoshel CEI case, has been surrounded. Shares held by the Gestapo and arestovaly Hopenko and another more than 30 boys. No one of them was a no uvedomlen about it, and did not know about эtyh action.
Otreshenno and yshodya krovyu, lying on Hopenko svoyh bunk and 2 months ozhydal clean up your death. In early November 1943 g. boys newly bыly vыzvanы in Kommandantur, that they wanted to find out Who is this sovershyl. So how is molchaly, the commandant said im "if you would, svolochi not want a svydetelstvovat, you will otpravlenы in the camp." In Kryvyi Rih boys bыly pohruzhenы in vahonы, and their otvezly in the city of Ingolstadt. In such a Hopenko slozhylos impression that the online market for Popal in the servant, so how emu seemed that the hosts that are already at the station ozhydaly prybыtye chelovecheskoy forces of, otmechaly: "And these boys, as I that are vыhlyadely how oschypannыe ptentsы bыly yes, and still without teeth not bought no one. "
And it also was a Hopenko sent to work in plotnytskuyu and Later, after ezhednevnoy bombardyrovky artylleryey directed to Restore rail tract and the second works. Together with the second boys odnazhdы Hopenko stuck in the bunker bombing, which is on the far rasstoyanyy obrazovalsya vsledstvye bombardyrovky. Betonnaya Stan podmyala under boys themselves. Lysh two day nashlys zasыpannыe boys - they have almost nothing is heard of and very suffered view. Everything moved sylneyshyy shock and 6 boys from the 25 Over the pohybly The next days. Ostavshyhsya of Ukrainian boys sent to the barracks, of which they are panychesky bezhaly at povtoryayuschyhsya bombing.
When all newly bыly poymanы, group has been in pohruzhena zakrыtыe vahonы and transported to another camp "Kotkau." Hopenko Long did not know where is located on, so how is passed through verenytsu uzhasa - probы blood in him kotoruyu otnymaly, White spetsodezhda in offices, Men that are in barracks delyly vodyanuyu fluid as a food. Now on already clearly know that is located in 19 blocks, where the senior unit, Kotor nazыvaly Uncle Peter, ego, almost deaf and blind, proboval uspokoyt "Not Boyce, Ty vыderzhysh." Muchayas postoyannыmy holovnыmy pain and obmorokamy that are appeared vsledstvye kontuzyy, Hopenko newly ozhydal death. Of the 18 zaklyuchennыh from the Ingolstadt remained in zhyvыh, except him, lysh troe, while another Unknown fate.
When in April 1945 d. shly marshevыe kolonnы, Ukrainian zaklyuchennыe bыly perevezenы in neyzvestnuyu region, as well as a kontsentratsyonnыy Camp osvobozhdaly. Just knew about Volume, that amerykantsы already bыly relatives. When the SS troops saved behstvom, was followed liberation. In four of American Trucks bыly yunыh ukrayntsa dostavlenы in Ingolstadt, zarehystryrovanы and sent to the infirmary. Ezhednevnыe ynъektsyy and others medytsynskye merы uluchshyly state of health Hopenko that the smog on vozvratytsya know, but Over the 20 years in him sohranylas social problem hearing.
Compared with the second vozvratyvshymsya from the KC and prynudytelnыh camp Hopenko Volume fortunate in that the social side Soviet organs of power on is not wrapped up in was a "kollaboratsyonyzme nemtsamy s" and not sent to the penalty was a camp. As minors, he did not immediately Natalia find work. Later on Lysh otrabotal 20 years at the mine and another 17 trudylsya on other jobs. Experiences that are on polurebenkom and Later boys take in natsystskoy Hermanyy, consequences that are vыstradanы th, and kotorыe Submissions may be repeated in old age Submissions may podvesty lysh k Gorky Conclusion: "Life passed me by. It passed by me, as a PA sleep. "
