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Obj. ID: 34161
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  Old Holocaust monument in Grozovo, Belarus, 1966

© Dr. Leonid Smilovitsky, Photographer: Smilovitsky, Leonid, 2019

Memorial Name: 

No official name.

Who is Commemorated?

Jewish families of Grozovo, who were murdered by Nazis in December 1941. 

Description:

The old monument at the killing site and the mass grave of the Jews of Grozovo has the shape of a modest stele paved in yellow and red colors. In the upper part of the monument, there is a black-paved medallion with a red five-pointed star surrounded by a wreath. Beneath the medallion, there is a dedication text. 

In 2006, a new monument was erected nearby:

Inscription:

In Russian:

Вечная
память
семьям
еврейского
населения
зверски
замученными [замучеными]
фашистами
в декабре
1941 г.


Translation: Eternal / memory / to / the families / of the Jewish / population / brutally torched to death / by fascists / in December / 1941.

Commissioned by

Probably, the victims' relatives.

Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Old Holocaust monument in Grozovo | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
1966
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Location
Belarus | Minskaia vobl. | Grozovo
| 0.4 km from the road Grozovo - Koniukhi
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Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
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1
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Custom
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History/Provenance

The old monument at the killing site and the mass grave of the Jews of Grozovo is situated at the forest edge, near the highway Konykhi - Grozovo. 

About 500 Jews of Grozovo were murdered there in December 1941.

In 2006, a new monument was erected nearby (see here).

Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

Il'ya, Al'tman (ed.), Kholokost na territorii SSSR (Moskva: ROSSPEN, 2011), p. 247.

Smilovitskii, Leonid, "Po sledam evreiskikh kladbishch Belarusi: Grozovo," Evgenii Berkovich (ed.), Zhurnal-gazeta "Masterskaia," April 9, 2020, https://club.berkovich-zametki.com/?p=55006 (accessed December 19, 2023)
Type
Documenter
Leonid Smilovitsky | 2019
Author of description
Liza Schwartz | 2023
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