As part of the national project “Side by Side: United Communities,” delegations from the communities of Myrne, Maryinka, Chornobaivka, Petropavlivka, and Velykoluchkivka visited the municipality of Hrybiv in the Nowy Sącz County of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
During the trip, community representatives visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Complex—a place that has become one of the most harrowing symbols of Nazi crimes in human history. It was here, between 1940 and 1945, that the largest Nazi complex of concentration and death camps operated, where millions of innocent people were murdered.
Today, Auschwitz-Birkenau is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a powerful memorial that reminds the world of the tragedy of the Holocaust and warns against the repetition of such crimes in the future.
During their visit to the memorial, the delegation honored the memory of the victims by placing a basket of flowers and ribbons from each community at the site of the mass executions as a sign of shared respect and tribute to the victims of the genocide. It was in this very courtyard that sentences were handed down and executions carried out within the camp.
This gesture became a symbol of unity, respect, and responsibility toward the past and the future. We remember so that it never happens again.
Based on materials from the Myrne Town Military Administration
