Hatyn'

Sergei from Sofia took us out to Hatyn', a Holocaust/WWII memorial about 50 km outside of Minsk. It was a pretty incredible and somber place. In the 1940's there were about 8.5 million people in Belarus. During the war 2.23 million were killed, one fourth of the population.

The main sign where you turn off of the highway

In front of a memorial naming all of the villages that were destroyed.

In front of a memorial with the sunset in the background

A memorial to one of the only citizens of Hatyn' that lived. He came to the city and found everyone burned to death in a barn. This is a depection of him carrying his dead grandson.