In the early 1960's it was decided to create a memorial complex in the fortress. The entire country was involved in it. Contributions flowed into Byelorussia from citizens in all areas of the country. Hundreds and thousands of roubles were donated for the construction of this memorial. These contributions alone were not sufficient, naturally, but they signified the feelings of the people involved. Hundreds of sculptors, artists, and architects took part in competitions for the best project for the memorial. The final project chosen was carried out by a team of Russian and Byelorussian artists and architects: Alexander Kibalnikov (chief artist), People's Artist of the USSR and Lenin and State Prizes winner; Vladimir Korol (chief architect), People's Architect of the USSR; Andrei Bembel, People's Artist of the Byelorussian SSR; Valentin Zankovich, Lenin Prize winner; Georgi Sysoyev, winner of the State Prize of the Byelorussian SSR; sculptor Vladimir Bobyl; architects Victor Volchik and Yuri Kazakov, and Oleg Stakhovich, winner of the State Prize of the Byelorussian SSR. The general project was adopted by the Soviet of Ministry of Belarus in November 6, 1969. The Heroic Brest Fortress memorial complex was unveiled at an official ceremony on the fortress grounds on September 25, 1971. The complex consists of the fortress, the surrounding landscape, and the memorial structures.

The ruins and the walls are carefully preserved. Restoration and conservation work has been carried out on the Kholm Gate, and the ruins of the Engineering. Headquarters in front of the main monument are also being preserved.

The main part of the memorial complex is the Square of Ceremonies where of the most important meetings take place and young soldiers swear an oath to be worthy of their fathers' and grandfathers' glory and to be loyal to their country on this sacred land. And the building of the Museum of the Defence of the Brest Fortress and the ruins of the White Palace adjoin the Square of Ceremonies.

The Compositional Centre of the Complex is the Main Monument "Courage" by name which is made of concrete, 33,5 metres high, on the black side of which there are carvings. They tell about the separate episodes of the heroic defence. "The Counterattack", "The Meeting of the Commanding Officers", "The Last Grenade", "The Machine Gun Men".

The bayonet obelisk is seen from any part of the Fortress. This obelisk is equipped with a specially constructed counter weights at the 91 metre and 93 metre marks weighting, respectively, 2 tons and 3,65 tons. The total weight of the Bayonet obelisk is 620 tons 100 metres high.

The visitors walk up the stone steps leading to the Eternal Flame and read the words "They stood to the last man. Glory to our heroes", and one understands better the feat performed by the fortress defenders, men and woman who loved life and dreamed of happiness on earth. The Pantheons three rows of tombstones link the main monument and the bayonet obelisk into one whole (the length of each row is 45 metres the height is 3 metres and the height is 80 centimetres).

The tombstones bear the names of the fallen heroes. However, the word "unknown" is also seen very often. Today, the names of 265 of 962 defenders of the fortress buried here are known. The search for their names continues.

Keeping the fortress grounds green is also important for the memorial complex. Thousand of roses, weeping willows oaks and other trees were planted here.

The lighting, music and sound effects at the memorial are an important emotional element in its perception. At night the complex and the fortress walls are lit up by 500 floodlights and more than 760 lamps of red, white, green colours. At the main entrance one can hear the song "Sacred War" and the voice of radio announcer saying: "Today at 4 o'clock in the morning, the German Army invaded the Soviet Union without any declaration of war" read by U. Levitan. At the Eternal Flame one can hear the music by Shuman. In a temple of the Brest Fortress, which is in a process of restoration since 1995 on June 22, on the Day of Memory and Grief, there has been a funeral service in honour of the killed during World War II.