During the Nazi occupation of Minsk, a Jewish ghetto was located on the territory that begins behind modern Revolutionary Street and ends at the place where the monument was erected. In March 1942, for three days, the Nazis brought large groups of prisoners here and shot them. In total, more than 5,000 Jews were killed during this time. Among them are 200 orphans from the Minsk Jewish orphanage, who were shot along with medical staff and tutors. For a long time, the only mention of the ghetto on Rakovskaya was an obelisk erected in 1947. It was one of the first monuments to Holocaust victims in the USSR. The bronze sculpture "The Last Way" appeared in this place in 2000. Its authors are architect Leonid Levin and sculptors Alexander Finsky and Elsa Polak. The monument was made for eight years. During the installation, no equipment was used at all – all work on the installation of the composition was carried out manually. I recommend you to visit!

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Аленка Исаева

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Yama Memorial – Minsk The place is recommended for tourists to visit. Monument to the victims of the Holocaust. The sculpture conveys all the horror and fear of the events taking place. The place is very difficult emotionally.

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Ольга Золотарева

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The pit is the first monument to the Holocaust in the USSR. Before the Second World War, this part of the city was a suburb. The area occupied by the memorial today was a small quarry where local residents took sand to build houses. The German occupation authorities found another use for it. Jews from the Minsk ghetto, victims of executions, were dumped here. The Nazis carried out the largest punitive operation in early March 1942. Thousands of people were driven to the ravine within a few days. Among them were 200 children from the orphanage, along with their tutors. 😫😫😫🙏🙏🙏

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