Romanchenko survived the concentration camps at Buchenwald, Dora-Mittelbau, Peenemünde and Bergen-Belson during World War II.
Romanechenko's granddaughter told the memorials that he was killed when the high-rise building he lived in was hit by Russian shelling.
"We are deeply saddened," the foundation said, while the Ukrainian Defense Ministry lamented that"Putin managed to 'accomplish' what even Hitler couldn't." . He was deported to Dortmund, Germany, in 1942 and was forced to do labor underground, the statement said. In 1943, after attempting to escape, Romanechenko was sent to Buchenwald, where over 50,000 people are estimated to have been killed.
Those incarcerated at Buchenwald were often forced to perform slave labor for the German military. Romanchenko was one of those sent to Peenemünde, where he was forced to work on the development of the V-2 rocket. Buchenwald, which according to the foundation had grown to become Germany's largest concentration camp by the end of the war, was liberated by Ally forces in 1945.
According to the memorials, Romanchenko had served as the vice president of the Buchenwald-Dora International Committee, and was devoted to documenting and preserving the Nazi crimes that he and millions of others endured. In 2015, Romanchenko participated in an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of liberation of Buchenwald, the camp's memorial foundation said, during which he read"The Oath Of Buchenwald.
У 2012 році Борис Романченко зачитав клятву Бухенвальда «Створення нового світу, де панують мир і свобода» під час святкування річниці звільнення концтабору Бухенвальд.
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