Memorial signs in memory of the residents of two villages who died during the Great Patriotic War will appear in the Shumilino district

June 26, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Memorial signs in memory of civilians of the villages of Barsuki and Davydenki killed during the Great Patriotic War will be erected in the Shumilino district of the Vitebsk region by Independence Day, the department of ideological work of the Shumilino District Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. In June 1942, fascist punitive detachments shot 11 residents of the village of Davydenki for their connection with partisans and burned 37 residents of the village of Barsuki, including women, the elderly, and children. In memory of these tragedies, on July 1, a solemn opening of memorial signs will take place at the sites of the former villages. Representatives of local authorities, youth and public organizations, veterans, and clergy will take part in the mourning ceremonies. In total, during the war years, German-fascist invaders shot, burned, and tortured about 2,000 residents of the Shumilino district, took about 800 people to Germany, and destroyed 133 settlements out of 342 that existed before the war. About 10,000 local residents fought on various fronts for the liberation of their Motherland. Currently, over 7,000 Soviet soldiers are buried in the district, and more than 120 veterans live here. -0-