Khatyn was one of thousands of Belarusian settlements massacred by Nazi soldiers. The country lost more than 2 million people – and the Khatyn Memorial Complex remembers all Belarusian victims of WWII atrocities.
Khatyn was one of thousands of Belarusian settlements massacred by Nazi soldiers. The country lost more than 2 million people – and the Khatyn Memorial Complex remembers all Belarusian victims of WWII atrocities.
Visiting this place will make you weep, with sorrow and rage. But it will also help you appreciate the Belarus of today.
Image 8 of 21 from gallery of The Fossilized Soviet Architecture of Belarus, in Photos. The Khatyn Memorial Complex, by architects Y. Gradov, V. Zankovich, L. Levin and sculptor S. Selikhanov, 1967-1969. MInsk Region, Belarus. Image © Stefano Perego
A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.
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