An alley of maples and birches will be laid in Vitebsk near the "5th Regiment" memorial

The territory of the former concentration camp has been tidied up, and on April 10, about 30 birches and maples will be planted on both sides of the pedestrian path near the memorial. Representatives of the local authorities, the BRYU, public and veteran organizations, members of the regional organization of the Belarusian Association of Former Minor Prisoners of Fascism, and all those willing to participate will take part in the event.

In addition, in the future, it is planned to install a monument on the territory of "5th Regiment" in memory of the victims of Nazi concentration camps and ghettos that were located in the Vitebsk region during the Great Patriotic War. The concentration camp of the 313th Security Division was located on the western outskirts of Vitebsk, where the 5th railway regiment was located before the war. There were two concentration camps on its territory: for prisoners of war, operating from the beginning of the occupation of Vitebsk, and for the civilian population. Later, the camp became general. From 80,000 to 150,000 prisoners of war and civilians died here. A monument and a chapel with a bell have been erected on the territory of the former camp in memory of the fallen prisoners. Annually in April, on the International Day of the Liberation of Prisoners of Fascist Concentration Camps, a requiem rally is held here.

BELTA.