Memorial to the People Killed by Bolsheviks

Memorial to the people killed by Bolsheviks
Location	Răzeni
Designer	Tudor Cataraga
Completion date	2009
Opening date	February 21, 2009
Dedicated to	Victims of the Răzeni Massacre

The Stone cross in the memory of the people killed by Bolsheviks (Romanian: Crucea de piatră de la Rezeni în memoria celor omorâţi de bolşevici) is a monument in Răzeni, Moldova.

Overview

The memorial is dedicated to the victims of the Răzeni Massacre. The massacre took place on June 22, 1941, in Răzeni, when 10 people were killed by the Soviet authorities and buried in a mass grave.^[1] The memorial was opened on February 21, 2009; Moldovian politician Alexandru Tănase was present.

In 1941 after Operation Barbarossa, when the area came under the control of the pro-Nazi Antonescu regime, a commemorative plaque was installed in Răzeni: "Aici odihnesc robii lui Dumnezeu Diomid, Niculai, Dănila, Nichita, Alexandru, Jurian, Alexandru, Ilie, doi necunoscuţi. Omorâţi mișelește de bolșevici comuniști. 12.VII.1941".^[2]

See Also

• Mass killings under Communist regimes

Notes

1. ^ Dumitru Lazur, Omorâţi mișelește de bolșevici comuniști, Curierul Ortodox, nr 6 (191), 15 June 2007.
2. ^ Dumitru Lazur, Omorâţi mișelește de bolșevici comuniști, Curierul Ortodox, nr 6 (191), 15 June 2007.

External links

• Cruce de piatră la Rezeni în memoria celor omorâţi de bolşevici
• În memoriam...

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