Only
one survivor returned after World War II of the 27,000-strong Jewish community
of the Pinsk district, Brest region. Victims of the Holocaust have
no graves. The local community asked artists to commemorate them in their
works. The idea of "the Holocaust
Tragedy" exhibition originated in 2006 during celebrations of the 500th
anniversary of Pinsk's
Jewish community. Jewish leaders asked artists from Pinsk,
Minsk and
Ivanava to visit mass graves. The 30 works created as a result are on display
in Biala Podlaska, Poland.
"More than 27,000 Jews were massacred in the Pinsk district during
World War II. Khaim Krasilski was the only member of the pre-war Jewish
community to come back to Pinsk.
In 1939 he managed to flee to the USSR through an NKVD cordon. He
worked at a defense factory in Kazakhstan.
He survived despite hard work and terrible conditions," local historian
Tatsyana Khvahina told ERB.
The works were displayed in six Belarusian cities.
From Biala Podlaska it will travel to Warsaw and
Krakow.
The opening ceremony was attended by Pavel Yeryn,
Belarus' deputy consul in Biala Podlaska, Poland's
consul general in Brest
and Biala Podlaska Mayor Tadeusz Lazowski.
18:57 02.06.2026
18:50 01.06.2026
