Memorial complex "Khatyn" - a memorial to the hundreds of Belarusian villages destroyed by the Nazis in the Great Patriotic War
Memorial complex "Khatyn" - a memorial to the hundreds of Belarusian villages destroyed by the Nazis in the Great Patriotic War. The complex is unique in the world "Cemetery of villages" - 185 graves, each of which represents one of the unregenerate Belarusian villages burnt together with the population. Grave of each village is a symbolic ashes, which is located in the center of the pedestal as a tongue of flame - a symbol of the fact that the village was burned. The funeral urn kept the land of the village. At the grave written name of the village and the name of the area in which the village stood. Hatynskaya tragedy occurred March 22, 1943.
Size: 5244px × 3500px
Location: Khatyn, Belarus
Photo credit: © Konstantin Labunskiy / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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