State does not protect crosses in Kurapaty: Ministry of Culture
The state does not officially protect the crosses in Kurapaty (the site of mass executions by Stalin's secret police in 1930s near Minsk), Belarus's Ministry of Culture wrote in respond to the letter from members of the public concerned with recent vandalism acts at the site.
Belarus deputy culture minister Uladzimir Grydzyushka said that the site is part of the National List of Historic and Cultural Values and is protected by the government. But memorial signs, including the Cross of Suffering, are not protected by the state. In order to be eligible for protection from the state, cross need to stand there for at least forty years, officials said.
Belarus deputy culture minister Uladzimir Grydzyushka said that the site is part of the National List of Historic and Cultural Values and is protected by the government. But memorial signs, including the Cross of Suffering, are not protected by the state. In order to be eligible for protection from the state, cross need to stand there for at least forty years, officials said.
