The Stone cross in the memory of the people killed by Bolsheviks ( ro, Crucea de piatră de la Rezeni în memoria celor omorâți de bolșevici) is a

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in Răzeni,

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The memorial is dedicated to the victims of the Răzeni Massacre. The massacre took place on June 22, 1941, in Răzeni, when 10 people were killed by the

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authorities and buried in a

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.Dumitru Lazur, Omorâți mișelește de bolșevici comuniști, Curierul Ortodox, nr 6 (191), 15 June 2007. The memorial was opened on February 21, 2009; Moldovan

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Alexandru Tănase was present. In 1941 after

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, when the area came under the control of the pro-

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Antonescu regime, a commemorative plaque was installed in Răzeni: "Aici odihnesc robii lui Dumnezeu Diomid, Niculai, Dănila, Nichita, Alexandru, Jurian, Alexandru, Ilie, doi necunoscuți. Omorâți mișelește de bolșevici comuniști. 12.VII.1941".

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Cruce de piatră la Rezeni în memoria celor omorâți de bolșevici

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