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So they can plant crops and. Climate change. Right. Now if you want to. Start. A low and a warm welcome to focus on europe thanks for joining us traces of the holocaust horrors are still being on earth nearly eighty years later well this is especially true in Eastern Europe where hitlers troops murdered millions of jews soldiers and breast belarus have recently exuma the remains of jewish people murdered by the nazis more than one thousand Men Women And Children are believed to have been
executed here in one Nine Hundred Forty Two well its 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 for decades historian irina sky has been fighting to keep the victims legacy alive she believes that the only way to heal the wounds is to commemorating documenting the atrocities in the post soviet country its proving to be a lonely pursuit.
lover of sky she grew up in this area herself and wants to see the mass grave with her own eyes an acquaintance of hers has a direct view of the site from her window. two sisters you re going to get from the people who are lying here were killed because they were of a certain ethnicity that. this that the city it was segregation it was the people were waited out and divided into categories. and jews were more than just a category in brest before world war two they made up more than half the population here but in one nine hundred forty one the nazis drove them into a ghetto in the city center now their remains are likely hidden beneath the surface everywhere this isn t the first time that construction here has exposed such horrors an estimated thirty four thousand jews were killed in and around rest there s a memorial just one street over from the construction site irena was glad to see
there s a memorial just one street over from the construction site irena was glad to see people have been leaving wreaths at the memorial palladium in the city you know how diverse the city s population was killed within just a few days we shot. every second person you can you imagine that. what it says a bit that it s. the plan is to build luxury apartment buildings one square meters sells for nearly twice the average market price in brest the construction company plans to make the area a gated community the city authorities say the foundations of the building won t touch the mass grave and it will be marked with a memorial plaque at the your private a well tended area in the center is what the city needs it s the right thing for this spot there used to be unsightly houses here when it should be tidy and beautiful. but irena thinks nothing here can be tidy and beautiful since the
lover of sky she grew up in this area herself and wants to see the mass grave with her own eyes an acquaintance of hers has a direct view of the site from her window. six two sisters are going to be shown the people who are lying here were killed because they were of a certain ethnicity. with. this that the secret was segregation of the people were waited out and divided into categories. and jews were more than just a category in brest before world war two they made up more than half the population here but in one nine hundred forty one the nazis drove them into a ghetto in the city center now their remains are likely hidden beneath the surface everywhere this isn t the first time that construction here has exposed such horrors an estimated thirty four thousand jews were killed in and around rest there s a memorial just one street over from the construction site irena was glad to see