WW2 Russian POW KIA Killed Luftwaffe Machine Gun Fire Death certificate Document

Rare original WWII German-issued  death certificate for Soviet POW Grigorij Libowoj, documenting his death  on 30 December 1944 from low-flying enemy aircraft machine-gun fire  while held at POW Labor Detachment 2009 near Bialystok. Includes full  burial details, grave number, prisoner number, camp designation, and  original wartime signatures
Rare and Original WWII German document titled “Nachweis über Sterbefall eines Kriegsgefangenen” (Certificate of Death of a Prisoner of War).
Russian/Soviet prisoner held by the Germans.
Document Breakdown
Title:
“Nachweis über Sterbefall eines Kriegsgefangenen”
(“Certificate of Death of a Prisoner of War”)
Nationality:
Russian
Name:
Grigorij Libowoj (also rendered Libowoj/Libovoj depending on transliteration)
Rank/Status:
Soldat – Kriegsgefangener (Soldier – Prisoner of War)
Date of Birth:
24 March 1902
Camp:
Kgf. Arb. Kdo. 2009, Bilastok-Westschacht
(POW Labor Detachment No. 2009, Bialystok-West Shaft)
Prisoner Number:
24521
Death Information
Date of Death:
30 December 1944
Time of Death:
16:00 (4 PM)
Place of Death:
Neunkirchen
The key section states:
“Verlust des rechten Oberschenkels – Verblutung.
Bordwaffenbeschuss durch feindl. Tiefflieger.”
 
Translation:
“Loss of the right thigh/upper leg – bled to death.
Aircraft machine-gun fire from an enemy low-flying aircraft.”
 
This indicates that Grigorij  suffered a catastrophic wound to his right leg during a strafing attack  by a low-flying aircraft and died from blood loss.
Because the document was issued by German authorities in December 1944, the phrase “enemy low-flying aircraft” would generally refer to an Allied aircraft, not a Luftwaffe aircraft. German wartime records routinely described Allied fighter-bombers conducting strafing attacks as feindliche Tiefflieger (“enemy low flyers”).
Burial Information
Burial Place:

Bilastok (Białystok) 
Westmark Cemetery 
Russian Section West Shaft 
Grave No. 41 

Burial Date:
31 December 1944 at 14:00
Signatures
The document bears signatures of:

Camp administration officials 
A camp physician (Lagerarzt) 
Administrative personnel responsible for POW records 

About Bilastok-Westschacht
The term “Westschacht” translates roughly as “West Shaft”, suggesting a labor detachment associated with industrial, mining, rail, or infrastructure work near Białystok.
By late 1944, the Germans operated numerous POW labor detachments (Arbeitskommandos) around Białystok utilizing Soviet prisoners for:

Railroad maintenance 
Industrial labor 
Construction 
Supply and logistics work 
Repair of facilities damaged by Allied air attacks 

The camp designation Kgf. Arb. Kdo. 2009 indicates a specific prisoner labor detachment subordinate to a larger POW administration system.
Historical Significance
This is a particularly interesting document because it records:

A named Soviet POW. 
Death while in German custody. 
Exact cause of death. 
Death resulting from an aerial strafing attack. 
Detailed burial location and grave number. 
Complete camp identification. 
Original wartime signatures. 

These POW death certificates are  considerably scarcer than ordinary Wehrmacht casualty notices because  many records involving Soviet prisoners were lost, destroyed, or never  returned to families after the war.
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