• 53°54′35.36″N 27°32′33.81″E / 53.9098222°N 27.5427250°E. The memorial with obelisk on the left (obscured) and group sculpture on the staircase on the right.
  • But one very important and powerful landmark that is a must visit on a trip to Minsk is the Yama Memorial, known in English as The Pit...
  • This memorial is actually called 'The Pit' commemorating when 5000 Jews were marched into a pit and killed and then covered by dirt in a mass grave.
  • Every year on March 2 in Memorial funeral memorial rallies occur. ... There are no tips nor hints for The Pit (memorial) yet.
  • The Pit Memorial is available for visiting around the clock, admission is free.
  • The place “saturated” with fear and suffering is a memorial to the Jews who died in the Minsk ghetto in the Second World War. ... Memorial Pit complex in Minsk.
  • The memorial is made in the form of a pit, at the bottom of which an obelisk of black granite is placed.
  • It shows 27 intertwined people who are leaving the ghetto and descending into the pit. The memorial was created by the late Belarusian artist and chairman of the...