Русский язык Hall 8. «The roads of memory» The memory of the Great Patriotic War events, and of the people whose fates are connected with the Brest Fortress heroic past, is still alive in today’s generations. There is a panoramic projection screen in the center of the hall, which time after time displays film fragments and a static picture “Curse to the war” made by M. Ananyin (1961). It also...

Русский язык Hall 7. «Heritage» The memory of those who took the battle first, fought to the death on their defense frontiers, who was not broken by captivity and oblivion, this memory lives in the paintings of the artists, sculptures, films and scenic images. The artist that was performing mostly the fortress themes in his paintings was Pyotr Durchin (1918 - 1997). The foundation of the...

Русский язык Hall 6. «The echo of war» The hall is located in the arch-corridor between the 5th and the 7th halls. The glass case is installed in the floor. It preserves the artifacts that witnessed the tragedy of war and the persistence and courage of the fortress defenders’ deed. The glass case contains pieces of military equipment, infantry weapons, artillery ammunition, daily life objects....

Русский язык Hall 5. «Recognition» The recognition of the Brest Fortress defenders’ heroic deed came in the 50s years of the 20th century, when the soviet writer and journalist Sergey Smirnov (1915 - 1976) started looking for the living fortress defenders, record their memories and work on the book “The Brest Fortress”. After the release of the book in 1964, the whole country found out about the...

Русский язык Hall 4. «Challenge» Dahau was one of the first concentration camps on the Germany territory. It was built in March 1933 and became the first “testing ground” for the prisoners’ punishment system. Mass people shootings have been carried out on the territory of the former Dahau-Heberthausen ground. Around 250000 people from 24 different countries went through this camp during the...

Русский язык Hall 3. «Challenge» The tragedy of the war was not only in death, sufferings and separation of millions of people. For a lot of them captivity became a heavy challenge. The Brest garrison soldiers were one of the first to experience fascist captivity. Only few of them came back to the Homeland, keeping a lifetime memory about the things that they lived through. Left from the...