Obj. ID: 34161 Old Holocaust monument in Grozovo, Belarus, 1966
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.
2 image(s)
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).
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)