The Last Way - Minsk, Belarus
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The Last Way is a monument dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust in Minsk
Waymark Code: WMMDR9
Location: Belarus
Date Posted: 09/06/2014
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The monument is located where the Jewish ghetto was located back in 1942, more specifically on the spot where 5.000 people were shot on the 2nd March of that year.
There is a obelisk ("The Pit") nearby and in 2000 this bronze sculpture was placed. From Wikipedia:
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"It represents a group of doomed martyrs, walking down the steps of the pit. The sculpture was created by Belarusian artist, Chairman of the Jewish communities of Belarus, Leonid Levin and sculptor from Israel Elsa Pollak. On the obelisk is written in Russian and Yiddish "The bright memory of five times the light of thousands of Jews who perished at the hands of sworn enemies of humanity - German-fascist monsters"
When reconstruction of the memorial was undertaken no machinery was used and all work done by hand, a process which took eight years to complete. According to the original plan for the group sculpture it was to be more detailed but eventually was left with an expressive aesthetic, devoid of national colors, and includes figures of a violinist, children, and a pregnant woman who represent more collective characters. The memorial has been a target for vandalism. Every year on March 2 in Memorial funeral memorial rallies occur."