A container holding ashes from the common grave at the cemetery of the Bakallag forced labourers and prisoners [74-10] was reburied under the symbolic altar of the memorial complex to Soviet German forced labourers in Chelyabinsk. The memorial, created in 2004, is located in the grounds of the church of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary. Pastor Wilhelm Palesh proposed the idea and is one of the designers of the memorial. The church is located where forced labourers at the metallurgical combine were based.
The electronic Book of Remembrance of Soviet Germans (Gedenkbuch) contains biographical entries on more than 100,000 Soviet Germans variously sentenced under Article 58, deported as forced settlers, or mobilised in camps of forced labourers.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
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28 August
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Day of Remembrance and Sorrow of Russian Germans
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German cultural centre
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City officials, relatives of the victims, NGOs, clergy
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Annual event since 2004
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Commemorative services
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Regularly, several times a year
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
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Reburial is in good condition
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memorial complex is 100 sq m
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[ original texts and hyperlinks ]
L. Sadchikova, “ … a memorial to forced labourers is near completion in the Metallurgical district”, Chelyabinsk rabochy, 17 August 2004
L. Sadchikova, “… a memorial to forced labourers will open at the Catholic church of the Immaculate Conception”, Chelyabinsk rabochy, 21 September 2004
V. Zagvozdin, “Jesus as … remembrance” [the new memorial to forced labourers …], Uralskye obshchestvennye vedomosti (Chelyabinsk), 18 September 2004
A. Kuznetsova, “Bakallag on the modern map of the city’s Metallurgical district: a school research project”, School No 74, Chelyabinsk, 2010
