Patriotic action "Memory of the Heart" starts in Zhlobin District

The patriotic action "Memory of the Heart" continues in Belarus. Today it started in Zhlobin District. An open dialogue took place at Krasny Bereg Agrarian College, where they talked about the importance of preserving the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War. A meeting-requiem in memory of children - victims of the war was held here. The republican project was launched the day before in the Dyatlovo district. The participants visited the places of mass executions of civilians and laid flowers.

It is impossible to forget what happened here during the war years. In 1943, the Nazis organized a concentration camp, where they took blood from children for their army. Then almost two thousand people died from torment. Everyone who comes to Krasny Bereg today brings flowers and toys with them. No one remains indifferent to that tragedy. That is why the participants of the Memory of the Heart project came here today.

The day before, the participants visited Dyatlovo. Two dozen cars with national flags went to the memorable places of the DyatlovoDistrict.

The route is symbolic, it was laid along the places of mass executions of local residents during the Great Patriotic War. Now obelisks are installed there, to which the participants of the rally laid flowers.

The rally ended in a forest near the village of Kurpeshi. There is a mass grave in which 2,800 Jews from all over the DyatlovoDistrict are buried. Old people, women and children were brought here and shot. To honor the memory of the victims, the participants of the rally and the youth of the region held a requiem rally and lit an icon lamp near the obelisk.

The action "Memory of the Heart" will take place in all regions of the country. The project will end on December 24 in Minsk on Victory Square.