2022
June 22 - the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. On this day, German troops invaded the territory of the USSR. Is a "Day of Remembrance and Sorrow"
Khatyn is a Belarusian village that was destroyed on March 22, 1943 as revenge for the murder of several German soldiers. In accordance with the principle of collective punishment, all residents of Khatyn were burned alive or shot.
In 1969, on the site where the village was located, a memorial complex was opened. Khatyn became a symbol of mass civilians killing during the war.
The memorial architectural and sculptural complex covers an area of about 50 hectares. In the center of the composition of the memorial is a six-meter bronze sculpture "The Unconquered Man" with a dead child in his arms.
From the adult inhabitants of the village, only 56-year-old village blacksmith Joseph Kaminsky survived. Burned and wounded, he regained consciousness only late at night, when punitive detachments left the village. Among the corpses of his fellow villagers, he found his son Adam. The boy was fatally wounded in the stomach, received severe burns. He died in the arms of his father. Joseph Kaminsky and his son Adam served as prototypes of the monument in the memorial complex.
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Thanks for sharing your photos and Story
@SergeySud wrote:
June 22 - the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. On this day, German troops invaded the territory of the USSR. Is a "Day of Remembrance and Sorrow"
Khatyn is a Belarusian village that was destroyed on March 22, 1943 as revenge for the murder of several German soldiers. In accordance with the principle of collective punishment, all residents of Khatyn were burned alive or shot.
In 1969, on the site where the village was located, a memorial complex was opened. Khatyn became a symbol of mass civilians killing during the war.
The memorial architectural and sculptural complex covers an area of about 50 hectares. In the center of the composition of the memorial is a six-meter bronze sculpture "The Unconquered Man" with a dead child in his arms.
From the adult inhabitants of the village, only 56-year-old village blacksmith Joseph Kaminsky survived. Burned and wounded, he regained consciousness only late at night, when punitive detachments left the village. Among the corpses of his fellow villagers, he found his son Adam. The boy was fatally wounded in the stomach, received severe burns. He died in the arms of his father. Joseph Kaminsky and his son Adam served as prototypes of the monument in the memorial complex.
@OSAMA that's True Bro Well Said
@OSAMA wrote:
Talkable photo @SergeySud thanks for sharing..
I read on one of @ErmesT posts
"in war we are all losers