Maly Trostenets Memorial
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The largest Nazi extermination camp on Soviet territory during World War II; the memorial park built since 2015 is solemn and dignified.
Maly Trostenets was the largest extermination camp the Nazis established on occupied Soviet territory during World War II, where tens of thousands of Belarusian civilians, prisoners of war and Jews deported from Central Europe were killed. The memorial park, built from 2015, includes the Gate of Memory sculpture, a passage in the form of railway tracks, and the Cemetery of Names in the Bragovshchina forest. It is quiet and solemn. Free admission. Located on the southeast outskirts of Minsk; take the metro and transfer to a bus, or go by taxi.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- National Library of Belarus
- Independence Avenue
- Victory Square
- Gorky Park
- Komarovsky Market
- National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus
- Kurapaty
- National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belarus