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"For World To Be Built On Foundation Of Truth And Justice"

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"For World To Be Built On Foundation Of Truth And Justice"

The graves and crosses were consecrated in Vitsebsk Kurapaty.

On November 12, activists headed by the leader of the Haisy initiative, Jan Dziarzhautsau, installed a memorial cross in the Varabjou Forest, which is located 6 kilometers from Vitsebsk. The initiative group has put up a large six-pointed cross, which is now visible from the highway Vitsebsk – Haradok, as well as for those, passing by train, vkurier.by writes.

On Saturday, December 9, the senior priest of St. Anthony's Church in Vitsebsk Viachaslau Barok consecrated the crosses and graves in Haisy.

Father Viachaslau asked the Supreme God:

– And let our faith in the power of God help the world to change for the better, so that it is built on the foundation of truth and justice ... Let everyone who was unjustly killed in this forest see the resurrection come true.

Executive Secretary of the Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian Popular Front Aliaksandr Chakholski, the Chairman of the Commission for Kurapaty and Charnobyl, attended the consecration of the crosses in Haisy:

– A great deal has been accomplished. I have been engaged in Kurapaty’s improvement for many years and I know what it takes. It is good that there is such a person as Yan Dziarzhautsau, who took over the responsibility for Vitsebsk Kurapaty.

Yan Dziarzhautsau has collected local old-timers’ accounts about what happened in this forest in the pre-war time. For example, Dzmitry Hancharou can remember the cars that went to the forest, and shots in the evening, and the uniform of the military.

Local resident Aliaksei Nikitsin remembers well his grandmother’s story:

– My grandmother lived a mile and a half from here, and she said that they had heard shots every night. And all the local residents knew that it was the NKVD, not the Germans. But people were very afraid to talk about it. If only in a whisper, so that the children would not tell it to anyone else.

Some of the killed citizens’ names have been established by the initiative group – the chairman of one of the local collective farms, Anton Ramashka, accused of participating in a "Polish underground organization", Latvian teacher from Liozna district Dantsit Olga.

– And we will make sure that the search continues, – Yan Dziarzhautsau says. – But there is a real big problem with scientific research now. In the meantime, black diggers appear at the site, and the freshly dug up graves testify to this.

Yan Dziarzhautsau says that most of the cartridges found in the forest near Haisy are from the American pistol Colt, 45 caliber. When shooting in the back of the head, it leaves a small entrance hole in the skull, and a large exit one. The face, in this case, turns into a mash, and the facial bones of the skull fall apart.

On October 29 this year, the organizing committee of Haisy, BCD and BPF representatives buried the remains of the victims who were shot in the Haisy tract near Vitsebsk and were found by the 52nd search battalion in April-May 2017.

We remind that in 2017, senior researcher of the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus Aleh Iou has visited Haisy. In April-May, he was keeping a check on the excavations carried out by the 52nd specialized search battalion. The scientist found a long list of criteria, according to which it was established that the shootings took place in Haisy no later than 1938. The official conclusion of experts from the Institute of History was sent to the Vitsebsk regional executive committee and to the Investigative Committee in early June. However, according to leader of the Haisy initiative Yan Dziarzhautsau, officials do not take any decision, referring to the fact that the official conclusions of the search expedition are not ready yet.

Following the statement of the Mazoluka village council chairman, a protocol under Article 23.43 of the Code of Administrative Offenses ("Violation of Legislation on Burial") was drawn up against Yan Dziarzhautsau. The court session will be held on December 12 in the Vitsebsk region court (34 Prauda street). The beginning is at 9.30.

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