The place of execution of 10 thousand German occupiers. Civilians

The place of execution by the German occupiers 10,000 civilians located in the park named after Yuri Gagarin . This is the central part of Dnepropetrovsk, surrounded by architectural monuments, historical memorials ( Sevastopol park , Square Volodya Dubinin ) and outstanding universities in the city.

Location shooting

In October 1941, after the capture of the city by the German occupiers near the central square were collected Jewish families with children of different ages. They were then taken to the hilly terrain and shot every one. The number 10000 is the formal, but not accurate. All the years of occupation by Nazi troops destroyed hundreds of entire families of different origin. In 2002, there was a memorial slab with an inscription about the details of what happened next is cleared stone platform and around the planted garden.

Getting there

You can get here by any public transport, which run from the train station or on the avenue Gagarin.

Mass graves of civilians

Such places of executions was found in Dnepropetrovsk about 10 at different points of the city. All of them are like the handwriting of murders and the number of buried (each at least 100 people). Mass graves were found in the courtyard of a school in the Avenue of Karl Marx , as well as in the hills near the Tikhvin Monastery . During the occupation, there were discontinued church services, but rebuilt in the late 20th century. Now it is a beautiful place with a great history dating back to the 1860s.