Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev (October 26, 1880 - February 18, 1945) was born on October 26, a Russian and Soviet barrister, the greatest Soviet military scientist and engineer. Lieutenant Colonel of the Engineering Corps. After his capture in 1941, nothing was known about his fate for several years; Officially the general is considered missing. He had to go through 13 concentration camps and prisons, among them the most terrible death camps - Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen. Despite the inhumane conditions, until his last days Karbyshev remained a strong-willed and unyielding person. How Dmitri Karbyshev died became known thanks to the story of Major Kennedy, a prisoner alive from the Mauthausen concentration camp. After brutal torture, the general was doused in cold water and killed, and his body was burned. Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev died bravely, without betraying his homeland. The title Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev after his death on August 16, 1946.

Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev (October 26, 1880 - February 18, 1945) was born on October 26, a Russian and Soviet barrister, the greatest Soviet military scientist and engineer. Lieutenant Colonel of the Engineering Corps. After his capture in 1941, nothing was known about his fate for several years; Officially the general is considered missing. He had to go through 13 concentration camps and prisons, among them the most terrible death camps - Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen. Despite the inhumane conditions, until his last days Karbyshev remained a strong-willed and unyielding person. How Dmitri Karbyshev died became known thanks to the story of Major Kennedy, a prisoner alive from the Mauthausen concentration camp. After brutal torture, the general was doused in cold water and killed, and his body was burned. Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev died bravely, without betraying his homeland. The title Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev after his death on August 16, 1946.