The memorial sign looks like an iron gate painted red (a symbol of totalitarianism) with holes from live bullets.
Chains hang from the gate as a symbol of the Iron Curtain. One of them, in the shape of 1968, has a crack on it, symbolising the break in the totalitarian curtain that was achieved at the cost of the lives of hundreds and thousands of Czechs, Slovaks, and Ukrainians.
The sculptural composition was installed in the Memory Square (Rakoczy Street) next to the memorial sign to the heroes of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The idea of its installation belongs to the President of the Transcarpathian Tourist Organisation Fedir Shandor, and its sponsors were Arsen Melkumian and Roman Kovach from Uzhhorod. The author of the sculptural composition is Roman Murnyk.
The unveiling of the memorial sign was attended by Volodymyr Chubirko, Chairman of the Transcarpathian Regional Council, Andriy Sheketa and Vasyl Demianchuk, Deputy Chairman of the Regional Council, Bohdan Andriyiv, Mayor of Uzhhorod, Laszlo Vida, First Deputy Consul General of Hungary in Uzhhorod, Roman Zhatko, Consul of the Slovak Republic in Uzhhorod, Oleksandra Horzov, Acting Head of the Tourism and Resorts Department of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration, Andriy Andrusiak, representative of the Department, members of the regional and city councils and members of the public.
Reference: 55 years ago, on 27 June 1968, the Prague newspaper Literárne noviny published a manifesto by writer Ludvík Václavík entitled Two Thousand Words, calling on the people of Czechoslovakia to bring the Communist Party to justice. The manifesto was supported and signed by many prominent public figures. Today, this event is celebrated as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Communist Regime in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Photo. Zaholovok and the Uzhhorod City Council
