The construction of a memorial complex over the former concentration camp in Simferopol has almost been completed, according to Svetlana Savchenko, the head of the Crimean parliamentary committee for protection of the cultural heritage, Interfax reports.The memorial and the museum there will open on May 8. The monument was created in Smolensk Oblast.A museum, an Orthodox Christian chapel and the Eternal Flame will open where the camp once stood. The museum will also be a center searching for victims of the concentration camp.An obelisk used to stand at the former concentration camp as the Krasny Collective Farm.Crimea spent 8 million rubles for the construction. Chechnya, Samara and Voronezh oblasts assisted in the construction process.
The construction of a memorial complex over the former concentration camp in Simferopol has almost been completed, according to Svetlana Savchenko, the head of the Crimean parliamentary committee for the protection of cultural heritage, Interfax reports.
The memorial and the museum there will open on May 8. The monument was created in the Smolensk Oblast.
A museum, an Orthodox Christian chapel and the Eternal Flame will open where the camp once stood. The museum will also be a center for searching for victims of the concentration camp.
An obelisk used to stand at the former concentration camp as the Krasny Collective Farm.
Crimea spent 8 million rubles on the construction. Chechnya, and the Samara and Voronezh Oblasts assisted in the construction process.
