Răzeni Massacre
Encyclopedia
On June 22, 1941, during the first day of the German invasion of the Soviet Union
, 10 people were killed in Răzeni
, Moldova
(at the time in the Moldavian SSR
) by Soviet
authorities and buried in a mass grave
.
, a commemorative plaque was installed in Răzeni: "Aici odihnesc robii lui Dumnezeu Diomid, Niculai, Dănila, Nichita, Alexandru, Jurian, Alexandru, Ilie, doi necunoscuţi. Omorâţi mișelește de bolșevici comuniști. 12.VII.1941".
The Memorial to victims of Răzeni Massacre was opened in 2009.
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...
, 10 people were killed in Răzeni
Răzeni
Răzeni is a commune in Ialoveni district, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Răzeni and Mileştii Noi.-History:The Răzeni Massacre took place on June 22, 1941, when ten people were killed by Soviet authorities and buried in a mass grave....
, Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
(at the time in the Moldavian SSR
Moldavian SSR
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic , commonly abbreviated to Moldavian SSR or MSSR, was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union...
) by Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
authorities and buried in a mass grave
Mass grave
A mass grave is a grave containing multiple number of human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. There is no strict definition of the minimum number of bodies required to constitute a mass grave, although the United Nations defines a mass grave as a burial site which...
.
Victims of the massacre
- Diomid Platon
- Niculai Platon
- Dănila Titica
- Nichita Stacanov
- Alexandru Mihalache
- Eugen Juriari (Jurian)
- Alexandru Camardin
- Ilie Groian
- 2 unknow victims
Legacy
In July 1941 after Operation BarbarossaOperation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...
, a commemorative plaque was installed in Răzeni: "Aici odihnesc robii lui Dumnezeu Diomid, Niculai, Dănila, Nichita, Alexandru, Jurian, Alexandru, Ilie, doi necunoscuţi. Omorâţi mișelește de bolșevici comuniști. 12.VII.1941".
The Memorial to victims of Răzeni Massacre was opened in 2009.