A memorial sign to the burned residents of three villages will appear in the Dokshitsky district

March 31, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A memorial sign to the residents of three villages burned down during the Great Patriotic War will be erected in the Dokshitsy district, Iosif Podrez, head of the ideological work department of the Dokshitsy District Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent. On June 20, 1944, a fascist punitive detachment burned alive 58 residents of the villages of Tolshchi, Veretei, and Chupry, located near each other. In memory of this tragic event, by May 9 of this year, a sculptural composition will be installed between these settlements, which still exist today. Its design is currently being developed. In total, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee plans to allocate Br10 million for the creation of the memorial sign. The district executive committee noted that during the war, German-fascist invaders destroyed 107 villages and 21.6 thousand people in the Dokshitsy district. 3.5 thousand civilians, 9 partisan brigades and detachments took part in the struggle for liberation. The memory of the fallen heroes-liberators can be honored at 10 military burial sites. -0-