A closer look at the Soviet “Extraordinary State Commission”(ESC) which claimed to have investigated “Fascist Crimes” Part II

By Wilfried Heink-
The second subchapter in the essay by Marina Sorokina is titled:
“A Broad and Authoritative Public Committee, Not Bearing Any Official Character”
“The idea of creating a special public organ for the investigation of Nazi war crimes was raised in the USSR at the very beginning of World War II, although for a long time the Soviet leadership did nothing about it.” writes Sorokina.[1] Then on 6 August 1941, Iakov Semenovich Khavinson 28: