Who is Commemorated?
The Jews of Haradzeya killed in Holocaust
Description
The Haradzeya monument is shaped like the corner of a ruined Jewish dwelling, of which only a section of wall and three window frames remain. The 80-meter-long path to the killing site is an alley lined with rowan trees, whose red berries look like drops of blood. Nearby, there is a row of 1,137 boulders, symbolizing the 1,137 local victims of the Holocaust. At the beginning of the alley, there is a stone bearing a Belarusian-language plaque with a dedication to "annihilated 1,137 peaceful residents of Haradzeia – victims of the Holocaust." Although the ethnicity of the "peaceful residents" is still not specified, the word "Holocaust" is mentioned here.
Inscription
In Belarussian:
На гэтым месцы 17 ліпеня
1942 года фашыстамі былі
знішчаны 1137 мірных
жыхароў г.п.Гарадзея,
ахвяраў Халакосту
Аўтар-Леанід Левін
Translation: On this place, on July 17, / 1942, the Nazis / destroyed 1137 / civilians, residents / of Gorodeya, / victims of the / Holocaust / Author Leonid Levin
Commissioned by:
Nesvizh district executive committee, Gorodeya village executive committee, the Jewish community of Belarus with the support of the Simon Mark Lazarus Foundation (Great Britain)