Click markers — each tells a tragedy. Red markers: villages annihilated with inhabitants.
200 remembered. Thousands more unrecovered.
The map shows only a fragment — 200 verified villages burned with their inhabitants. At least 600+ «sisters of Khatyn» vanished forever, out of 12,000+ destroyed settlements. Each marker is a wound that never healed.
January 14, 1944 — Operation "Jakob". People were driven into houses and barns, then set on fire. Those who escaped were shot.
June 15, 1942 — one of the largest punitive operations. Residents herded into a church and barns, then burned alive.
May 22, 1943 — Operation Cottbus. All inhabitants herded into a barn and set ablaze. Only three survived.
March 22, 1943 — village herded into a barn and set on fire. Only adult survivor: Joseph Kaminsky.
June 19, 1944 — just two weeks before liberation, all residents locked in a house and burned alive.
February 16–18, 1943 — Operation "Winter Magic". Catholic priests burned alive with their parishioners.
January 30, 1943 — Operation "Jakob". Village burned with inhabitants, never revived. Only three survived.
January 22, 1944 — for alleged support of partisans, Nazis burned 82 households together with inhabitants.
July 7, 1943 — prosperous village of 77 households, all residents shot or burned in their homes.
July 23, 1943 — largest burned village in Grodno region. Over 900 civilians killed and burned.
* The list includes Khatyn, Ola, Borki, Shunevka, Dalva, and many more. 185 symbolic urns.
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— Every flame is a memory. We remember.
Belarus lost every third settlement during the Great Patriotic War. More than 600 villages were burned together with their inhabitants and never came back to life. This project transforms dry statistics into an emotional, visual memorial — understandable across borders.