The Koryukiv tragedy: memoirs of Volodymyr Kostyuk

March 2, 2021, the city of Koryukivka, Chernihiv region.

The plot is dedicated to the memories of the witness of the Koryukivka tragedy, Volodymyr Kostyuk, and the construction of the memorial complex.

On the video: Ascension Church, various plans, the grave of Archpriest Oleksandr Bondarevsky; Memorial to the victims of the Koryukivka tragedy in the city center; Koryukivka Historical Museum, an exposition dedicated to the events of 1943, photographs of local residents; unfinished memorial complex, chapel.

Comments: witness of the Koryukivka tragedy, resident of the city Volodymyr Kostyuk; research associate of the Koryukivka Historical Museum Kateryna Onyshchuk; senior research associate of the Koryukivka Historical Museum Andriy Naumenko.

Created by: Oleksiy Kotsebchuk, Vitaliy Korovko.

Reference: The Koryukiv tragedy, which occurred on March 1-2, 1943, was a brutal punitive operation in which the Nazis and their collaborators killed about 6,700 civilians. Its scale makes it one of the largest and bloodiest punitive operations in Europe during World War II.