Memorial on Bronnaya Hill

J32J+M4 Bronnaya Gora, Belarus

Bronnaya Gora — a site of mass extermination of civilians by the German occupation authorities, the vast majority of whom were Jews.

In the most beautiful corner of the Berezovsky land near the village of Bronnaya Gora stands a solemn and deeply moving monument in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Bronnaya Gora is a site of mass extermination by the German occupation authorities of the peaceful population, the vast majority of whom were Jews. During the occupation, a total of 186 train cars carrying doomed people arrived at the Bronnaya Gora station. By November 1942, more than 50,000 people had been killed here. In March 1944, during their retreat, the fascists decided to cover up the traces and burn the bodies of those killed at Bronnaya Gora. To do this, the residents of Brest were forced to dig up the bodies from the graves and burn them. Funeral pyres burned day and night for 15 consecutive days. After the work was completed, the fascists shot their forced helpers, and young trees were planted on the site where the bodies were burned.

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On July 7, 1994, a 5-meter monument with a stainless steel bell was erected on the grave, and in 2007 a memorial plaque with text in four languages—Belarusian, Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish—was installed on the monument.


At the unveiling of the obelisk on July 17, 1994, the Israeli ambassador to the Republic of Belarus was present, and citizens of Israel, Poland, England, the United States of America, Italy, Australia, and other countries come to this place to pay their respects to the memory of the victims of fascist shootings. The hearts of people call them here—to the forested area where their loved ones were killed during the Great Patriotic War.

Sources:

http://sporava.by/memorial-na-bronnoj-gore/


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