© РИА Томск. Александра Кузьмина
TOMSK, Feb 13 – RIA
Tomsk. Tomsk Russian-German House (RGH) plans to make a film
about the Soviet Germans who participated in the Great Patriotic War; in their
picture Tomsk citizens want to tell about feats of 14 Germans awarded the title
of Hero of the Soviet Union, the director of the RGH Alexander Geyer told RIA
Tomsk on Wednesday.
"We have an idea
to make a film about the Soviet Germans who took part in the Great Patriotic
War. During its years 14 people from among the Russian Germans received the
title of Hero of the Soviet Union ... We count on the help of the International
Union of German Culture - funding is needed here. We are discussing the idea
for two years. I hope someday we will be able to implement it", - Geyer
commented.
According to him, one
German Hero of the Soviet Union is associated with Tomsk - Edin Chernogoryuk
(Eduard Schnekenburger). He received the title in the war years, but was later
deprived of it.
According to open
sources, in order to get to the front, Eduard Schnekenburger hid his real name,
surname and nationality and called himself Edin Chernogoryuk. On September 25,
1943, during the battle for the Dnieper, despite gunfire and mortar fire,
Chernogoryuk transported people and equipment by boat. He made nine runs across
the Dnieper, participated in the restoration of interrupted communication with
the leading units of the battle.
For this feat he was
awarded the medal "For Courage", and subsequently presented to the
title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In August 1946, Chernogoryuk was arrested,
then was disbarred and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Since 1989, he lived in
Tomsk, where he died in 1995.
According to Geyer,
among the Tomsk Germans there were others who took part in the battles, but
they are no longer alive. Employees of the Tomsk Russian-German home have twice
participated in the action "Immortal Regiment" on the Victory Day. They
took to city streets with portraits of their fellow front-line soldiers and
Soviet Germans-Heroes of the Soviet Union.