The Memorial for the Victims of Fascism (Schytomyr)

There at the outskirts of Schytomyr, the German army's prisoner of war camp “Stalag - 358” was situated from January 1941 to November 1943.

[3] The monument is a sculptural composition made from bronze and rose coloured granite with a height of 6.5 metres (21 ft).

In the middle of the memorial is a bodiless, almost weightless bronze figure, which depicts the spirit of the people, which has lost its matter and has only its courage, strength and invincibility fluttering around in space.

[4][5] At the base of the memorial there is a granite plate (1.5 x 0.65m) with the inscription: “This earth, which has seen much suffering, is a witness of the cruelty of the fascist destruction of tens of thousands of prisoners of war and peaceful citizens of Schytomyr from 1941 to 1943.

In eternal memory of the deceased.” In 2002 a capsule, containing the remains of the inhabitants of Schytomyr who were tortured to death in KZ Majdanek, was buried.