then we go north to bella ruse smartly apartments are planned for a site in central breast but recently a mass grave of jews killed in world war two was uncovered there and a story and is opposing the project. bones jewelry and even shoes the past is pushing into the light here this is the site of a mass grave of jews shot by the nazis it was found during construction work in the center of breast during the german occupation in the second world war the area was a jewish ghetto tens of thousands were executed in and around breasts during that time the site is currently closed off to the public including to local historian every lover of gaia she has been petitioning to stop the building work and argues the should be a memorial park here and not an apartment complex and it's people shouldn't be able to live on the spot of a mass execution half of the population of the city was killed within several days here half of the people can you imagine at the border that pain continues to exist and will not give us peace until we learn to respect history and what happened here when you're so so so

under construction near the russian capital minsk is a collaborative project between china and bella ruse the new high tech eco city will cover more than one hundred square kilometers back to the present people in the city of crest in western belarus are protesting against another factory that was built with chinese funding. the factory has come under heavy criticism because it will produce cut batteries containing lead the toxic metals. these people here in the city of preston bella who say wants to avoid a potential new environmental disaster is a fear they could soon be sharing their city with a toxic waste dump if a lot acid battery factory goes into operation the plant will be run by a company called eye power which plans to produce up to two million batteries a year here yulia subic wants to stop that she is one of thousands of activists who spent months protesting against i power they say the plant will damage the environment for teaching with dealing we're doing what our city authorities should be doing protecting the health of our residents says the young guys. you know his house

by power denies the accusations it says plant construction was supervised by the bella ruse environmental or thorazine. of course these sorts of plants rank among the more harmful ones but a lot we know that. we've invested a lot of money and energy keep the ecological dangers to a minimum boston. union doesn't believe. she shares photos of the company premises and documents from abroad supposedly proving that far higher levels of lead end up in the atmosphere from lead battery production than i power is admitting to. on a separate issue i power told us that seventy percent of their batteries are exporters also to asia. china has been raising its environmental standards recently could it be that china doesn't want plants like this on its own soil because they're too dangerous and would rather import more batteries instead. in this protest song the people of breast say their health means nothing when it comes to industry. that envelops of all places where much of the radioactive fallout ended up after the cerna bill disaster thirty three years ago. we want our protests to change i powers p

including two local historian irina lover of sky she's considered a member of the opposition in bella ruse long known as europe's last dictatorship twenty years ago her critical views and constant questions got her pushed out of a university teaching job. that we would. but that hasn't prevented her from petitioning to stop the building work on this spot irena says there should be a memorial park here not an apartment complex. she wants her country to face its past. people shouldn't be allowed to live on the spot of a mass execution that pain continues to exist and will not give us peace until we learn to respect history. and what happens here from which to preserve. that the jewish community in brightest is getting together for it they've rented a few rooms in a back street basement there hasn't been a synagogue here since soviet times. the head of the community regina symon unco has taken it upon herself to set up a small museum about the city's jewish history including the holocaust. symon and co once the newly found jewish victims to be read buried at a cemetery and she wants their mem