executed here in one nine hundred forty two well it's a history that haunts the city as its residents struggle to reconcile with the past today jewish life and bella bruce has been largely forgotten its only synagogue was turned into a movie theater by the soviets well for decades historian irina skya has been fighting to keep the victims' legacy alive she believes that the only way to heal the wounds is through commemorating and documenting the atrocities but in the post soviet country it's proving to be a lonely pursuit. the scars of the past have reopened here. at a construction site right in the center of town the belorussian army has dug up human bones jewelry and shoes these are the remains of people who lived here murdered by the nazis nearly eighty years ago the find has shaken historian irina