It is known that Boris Romanchenko was a prisoner in German concentration camps Buchenwald, Peenemuende, Mittelbau-Dora, and Bergen-Belsen during World War II.
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The man actively worked for the preservation of the memory of Nazi crimes and was vice president of the International Committee of Buchenwald-Dora.
The mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovy, reacted to Romanchenko's death. He stressed that Hitler's work has been continued by new fascists, the Russian troops.