City prison (Lviv)

Ukraine / Lvivska / Lviv / vulytsia Horodotska, 20
 17th century construction, detention centre
Originally a convent of the Bridgettines. After their suppression by the Austrian authorities turned into a prison, continues to serve this role today.

In 1941 the building was used as a mass murder site by the Soviet Secret Service. About 7000 Polish and Ukrainian inmates were killed by the Soviet NKVD.

In this building

  1. Пам'ятний знак про втечу політв'язнів — членів ОУН з польської в'язниці «Бригідки»
  2. Меморіальна дошка «Воля ціни не має!»
  3. Memorial plaque "Crimes of the Moscow-communist regime against the civilian population of the Lviv region"
  4. Меморіальна дошка Василю Біласу і Дмитру Данилишину
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brygidki
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Coordinates:   49°50'36"N   24°1'18"E
This article was last modified 14 years ago