BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

05/11/2008

Belarus to Welcome New Holocaust Monument

BREST, Belarus - In Belarus work has finished on the construction of a monument, which is to be erected near the village of Smolyarka (Brest Region) on the site of a mass murder of 1,500 Jews during World War Two.

"Here visitors will find a large memorial stone dedicated to those Jews who died here, inscribed with text in three languages - Belarusian, English and Hebrew, indicating that here laid to rest are the victims of genocide," explained Boris Bruk, the Chairman of the Jewish community of Brest.

The main sponsor of this Holocaust memorial was the Lazarus family from the United Kingdom, while the Arslanov Family - who are from the town of Bereza (Brest Region) - provided the funds for the landscaping around the monument.

"While the Arslanov family are not Jewish, they have been, from the very beginning, very actively involved in perpetuating the memory of the victims of the Holocaust," commented Boris Bruk. - By the way, it Galina Arslanova reported in our community about the burial, she agreed with the military registration and enlistment office on the excavation".

Now the project is at an advanced stage. The monument is installed, while the upgrading of the adjacent territory is nearly completed. The memorial's inauguration is planned to take place on November 23 and it will be attended by the two sponsoring families that made this undertaking possible. "We are grateful to these families and look forward to continuing work with them," remarked Boris Bruk.

The Jewish community of Brest belongs to the Association of Jewish Communities of Belarus and by affiliation, to the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS and Baltic Countries, headed by Lev Leviev.

Source:

http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=760735

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