Hryhoriy Vasiura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hryhoriy Vasiura

war criminal

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1915

Place of Birth: Chyhyryn, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 02-Oct-1987

Profession: military personnel, agronomist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Hryhoriy Mykytovych Vasiura (Ukrainian: ???????? ????????? ??????, Russian: ???????? ????????? ??????; February 15, 1915 – October 2, 1987) was originally a senior lieutenant in the Red Army who was captured during the Nazi invasion of the USSR in 1941 and subsequently volunteered for service in the Schutzmannschaft (the Nazi collaborationist auxiliary police) and the Waffen-SS.
Vasiura's wartime activities were not fully revealed until the mid-1980s, when he was convicted as a war criminal by a Soviet military court and executed in 1987 for his role in the Khatyn massacre.