Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine, photo Rada OPWiM, 2008
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Photo showing Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine
Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine, photo Rada OPWiM, 2008
License: all rights reserved
Photo showing Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine
Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine, photo Rada OPWiM, 2008
License: all rights reserved
Photo showing Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine
Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine, photo Rada OPWiM, 2008
License: all rights reserved
Photo showing Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine
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Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine

ID: WOJ-000711-W/163462 (UA-1371)

Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine

Lacko (now Solanovatka) is a village on the outskirts of Dobromil, where high-quality table salt, also known in Western Europe, was mined from the Middle Ages. The mine was called "Saliny". In June 1941, NKVD officers drowned in the brine in the shaft of this mine the corpses of several hundred prisoners murdered in Dobromil detention centre and prison. When the Germans entered the town, an exhumation proceeded. The remains of the victims, which were successfully retrieved from the mine shaft, were buried in the cemetery in a mass grave. Some of the bodies of the victims that could not be exhumed remained forever in the mine shaft. In addition, the bodies of the Jews, who were first forced by the Germans to exhume the NKVD victims and then murdered, were thrown into the same shaft.

Circa. 2001, a monument was erected on top of the shaft where the bodies of the murdered prisoners were drowned. Its author is Dymitr Krwawicz, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. The monument is very dramatic in its expression - a concrete slab features the figure of a man twisted in mortal convulsion; the slab is surrounded by seven crosses leaning over it like a tent and joined at the top by a crown of thorns. A small white chapel with an altar stands next to the memorial. The commemoration has no inscription.

Publication:

10.09.2024

Last updated:

20.01.2025
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Monument in Solanowatka honoring NKVD victims. Features a human figure in agony on a concrete slab, surrounded by seven tilted crosses with a crown of thorns. Nearby stands a small white chapel. Photo showing Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine Gallery of the object +3
Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine, photo Rada OPWiM, 2008
A small white chapel with a metal roof and a cross on top, surrounded by greenery. Inside is a simple altar. Photo showing Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine Gallery of the object +3
Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine, photo Rada OPWiM, 2008
Monument at the Saliny mine in Lacko, featuring a contorted human figure on a concrete slab surrounded by seven tilted crosses joined by a crown of thorns. Flowers and candles are placed at the base. Photo showing Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine Gallery of the object +3
Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine, photo Rada OPWiM, 2008
Sculpture of a distorted human figure in a convulsive pose on a concrete slab, surrounded by seven tilted crosses joined by a crown of thorns at the top. Green trees in the background. Photo showing Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine Gallery of the object +3
Memorial to the victims of the NKVD in the Salina mine, photo Rada OPWiM, 2008

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