In Lutsk honored the memory of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust
international day of remembrance of Holocaust victims in the district of of September in the city of Lutsk was held honoring the memory of Jewish victims of the Holocaust. It is a monument to those killed in August, September, December 1942 Jews from the city of Lutsk and the surrounding settlements. Here was dug two large pits, where in a few months, dumped the bodies of 25 thousands of dead civilians. Pray for the innocent victims came first Deputy head of Volyn regional state administration Alexander Stepantsov, Secretary of the Lutsk city Council Julia Vasenko, Deputy of the Lutsk city mayor Andrew Kish, members of the public, descendants of the victims. Chairman of the Volyn religious community of progressive Judaism Sergey Twardowski read the prayer in different parts of the world pray for the victims of the Holocaust. Those present at the meeting the Jews, according to tradition, laid at the monument stones, lamps and flowers. Background: on 27 January the commemorative date, the international day of remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, introduced by the decision of the UN General Assembly. On this day in 1945 the Soviet army liberated prisoners of the largest Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Auschwitz. General estimates, the victims of the mass murder of Jews during the Second world war were 4.5 million adults and 1.5 million children. This was reported in Lutsk city CouncilÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
