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Mass grave of victims of Nazism
Full name of the monument :

Mass grave of victims of Nazism

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
the vicinity of the village of Gerasimivka, Romenskyi district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1985
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
obelisk - 11.5 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
architectural object(s)
Artistic approach :
abstract art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
memorial inscription
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Honoring the culture of war victims, including memorialization
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Romny city council
Institution’s website :
https://romny-vk.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Buried residents of Romna, Romna District, Sumy Region. and Talalaiv district (now Chernihiv region). Including prisoners of war, communists, underground, shot and tortured by the Nazis during the period of temporary occupation from September 12, 1941 to September 15, 1943. The bodies of shot and dead prisoners of war from the Roman prison and four concentration camps created within the city were dumped in the trenches and quarries. On the eve of the liberation of Romna, the Nazi command took out and shot in the area of the village. Gerasimivka has several hundred inmates of the prison. In 1960, the remains of about 2,000 victims of fascism were reburied in a mass grave. In 1961, a reinforced concrete obelisk with an inscription on its front side was installed on the grave.