The memorial to the victims of occupation regimes Photo: memorial to the victims of occupation regimes "Prison on lontskoho"

The memorial to the victims of occupation regimes "Prison on lontskoho" - is one of the attractions of the city, is located on the street of Karl Briullov. The memorial to the victims of occupation regimes was opened in a room in which a very long time housed the punitive organs of different authorities. The building was built for the Austrian gendarmerie in the late nineteenth century, at the intersection of the current streets of Bandera and Copernicus. After, in the premises was converted into a prison for German, Polish and Soviet authorities.

In 1941, this place was destroyed by the largest number of political prisoners throughout Western Ukraine, also it housed remand prison of the Gestapo. In 1944-1991, the building was home to the investigations division and remand prison of the NKVD, and in 1991-2009, MIA.

In 2009, with the help of the security service of Ukraine and the Centre for research on the liberation movement, the prison was turned into a Museum. The Museum reproduced the realistic atmosphere of a prison of former times.

The memorial to the victims of occupation regimes now you can visit every Thursday. Everyone is welcome to inspect the investigator's office, unique the darkroom. and death row. Here, rare photos and movies you will be able to learn the truth about the events of the summer of 1941 Also to your attention are presented in different exhibitions and recently declassified "death list", archives of some of the most famous inmates of the prison. "Jail for lontskoho" for several decades was not just a prison, and torture chamber, which committed terrible crimes against humanity. Tours of the memorial to the victims of occupation regimes "Prison on lontskoho" conducted by Center staff in advance.

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