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Holocaust Memorial Complex
Full name of the monument :

Holocaust Memorial Complex

Region :
Lviv region
Address of the monument :
city ​​of Rava-Ruska, street 22 Sichnia
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
2015 р.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Period of Russian aggression from 2014
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
architectural object(s)
Artistic approach :
abstract art
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 :
Rava-Ruska City Council
Institution’s website :
https://rava-mr.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
More than 3,000 Jews who died during the Second World War during the German occupation are buried in a common grave. From the spring of 1942, bodies of Jews who died of hunger, hard work in the ghetto and bodies of Jews who were killed on the spot at freshly dug graves were brought to the place, not far from the old Jewish cemetery. Most of the Jews were residents of Rava-Ruska, but those Jews who escaped from the trains that were taking them to the death camp in Belzec (now the territory of Poland) were also brought here and shot. A wall of memory was built from the slabs that were preserved in the old cemetery.