The Russian Jewish Congress opened a memorial to the Holocaust victims under the "To Return Dignity" program in Krasnodar Krai. The granite monument was erected at the site of 202 people execution; most of them were Jewish refugees from present Moldova and Romania. The Nazis shot them in September 1942. The ceremony was attended by
Despite the pandemic, the RJC's "To Return Dignity" program is being implemented. In March, we received approval from the administration of Turilovsky rural settlement for installation of a memorial sign in Lipovaya Balka near Panteleevka (Rostov Region) and a monument in Vendeleevka. On August 11, 1942, the Nazis shot 9 people there, mostly old people
Restoration works will be carried out at the Holocaust victims' mass burial site in Moskovskoe, Stavropol Territory. The administration of the Izobilnensky district asked the Russian Jewish Congress to take on this task. On August 29, 1942, the Nazis murdered 118 people (26 of them were children under 16) in Moskovskoe. Most of the killed
The day before, a monument to the Holocaust victims was erected under the "To Return Dignity" program in Podgornaya. In September 1942, 54 people, including evacuated Jews and local residents, were killed there. Before the monument opening, an event for the local school students and the village residents was held. The head of the RJC
A monument to the Holocaust victims was unveiled in Grigoropolisskaya under the "To Return Dignity" program. On October 13, 1942, the Nazis killed 150 people there: the elderly, women, and children. Most of the murdered were Jews (the majority — refugees from Leningrad). It was the reason why the local residents call their death site
The day before, the Russian Jewish Congress unveiled a memorial to 176 Gypsies — the Stalin's Constitution Kolkhoz residents — who were shot by the Nazis in Alexandrovka, Smolensk Region, in April 1942. This is the first such monument in Russia, erected by Jews in memory of Gypsies, who, according to Hitler's doctrine, were also
