Tactical Features of Interrogation of Witnesses and Aggrieved in Cases on Genocide of the Great Patriotic War Period

The article reviews tactical and organizational features of interrogation of witnesses and aggrieved in cases on genocide of the Great Patriotic War period. The currently investigated crimes were committed more than half a century ago and present diffi culties for investigators as none of them has a personal impression about the circumstances such crimes were committed in. Thus, preparation for each investigative action has to include a study of archive historical documents (including materials of the military tribunals of 1940 to 1950), memoirs, criminal cases on wrongdoings of the Nazi invaders. Tactical methods should be applied during interrogations considering senior years of the interrogated, the psycho-traumatic situation of obtainment of information on crimes by them, signifi cant change of the area where the genocide took place.