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Monument to " Victims of fascism»

Country: Ukraine Location: Donetsk, Leninsky avenue

Sculptor: Leonid Artemovich Brin

Architect: Yury Emelyanovich Mozhchil

Date of foundation: 1965

"Victims of fascism" - a monument in Donetsk, established in honor of those who died in the great Patriotic war.

The history of creating

Having occupied Stalino (Donetsk) in October 1941, the German-fascist invaders established a regime of bloody terror in the city. Concentration camps were set up in various parts of the city. One of these camps was on the territory of the center of Slavic culture. The Nazis established a regime in the camp designed for the imminent death of people imprisoned in it. Hunger, cold, and torture led to the fact that the death rate in the camp reached two hundred people a day. They buried the dead and tortured right there, on the territory of the camp. After the liberation in September 1943 in Stalino (Donetsk), it was found that more than 25 thousand people were killed on the territory of the camp, the names of the victims were not established.

Describing

In 1956, residents of the city built a hill in the Central part of the camp. In 1965, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany, a monument to the "Victims of fascism" was opened. The authors of the monument sculptor L. A. Bryn' architect - J. E. Mozhchil. The monument consists of six twelve-meter pylons, which are United by a wreath welded from stamped aluminum sheets. There are fifty steps up the hill. Between the pylons was an eternal flame. Reconstruction

In 2011, the monument was reconstructed. The pylons were again "dressed" in granite, the "eternal" fire was restored, and the Park was cultivated. The monument was illuminated inside the pylons and illuminated with a red spotlight from the side. Every year, Victory Day and the day of liberation of Donbass are celebrated at the monument. In 2020, the 75th anniversary of Victory Day was celebrated near the monument.