In the Vinnitsa event dedicated to the International day of commemoration in memory of Holocaust victims (photo)
international day of remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust set by the UN General Assembly on 1 November 2005. The date 27 January was chosen because on this day the troops of the First Ukrainian front liberated Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland), through which, as evidenced by the documents of the Nuremberg Tribunal, held 2.5 million people, the majority of whom died a Martyr's death. For Ukrainians, a terrible symbol of the Holocaust became a Babi Yar — the place of execution of over 150 thousand Jews and representatives of various nationalities. Unfortunately, the Holocaust was not spared Vinnytsia oblast. During the German-Romanian occupation of the region was created about 150 ghettos and labor camps. All the years of occupation in the region has killed about 200 thousand Jews. You light candles as a symbol of the saved memory of the innocent victims in the second World war, to remember the terrible events of those years and to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, 27 January at regional Jewish charitable center "Hesed Emuna" on the evening-Requiem: "Traces of memory..." gathered the Jewish community of the oblast, the former prisoners of the ghetto, the children and grandchildren of the "righteous of the world", and also representatives of the Roma, Polish, Belarusian and Georgian communities. The event was attended by the leadership of the Department on nationalities and religions state administration. In his speech, the head of Department on nationalities and religions of the regional state administration I. Solecki noted that the Holocaust is one of the most violent pages in the history of humanity the twentieth century, when the Nazis in the years 1933-1945, purposefully and massively destroyed not only the representatives of the Jewish and Gypsy people, but also other nationalities. All those present honored the memory?the memory of victims minute of silence and prayer, which was read by chief Rabbi M. Vinnitsa, Shaul Horowitz. From national communities was made by the Chairman of the Vinnytsia regional Association of the Belarusians V. Kacheliba and Vinnitsa regional center of culture and art of the Roma people "Devlesa, romale!" A. Senchenko, noting the importance of preserving the memory of the terrible pages of history. About the tragedy of mass shootings of Jews that took place in many districts of Vinnytsia region and Ukraine, said the founder of the first in the Vinnytsia region the Holocaust Museum L. Trachtenberg and presented the story of one Jewish girl saved by a teacher of history with S. Zhabokrich Kryzhopil district. Nobody was left indifferent to the video of photographs shot Jewish children. Prisoner of Tulchyn ghetto C. Krasner shared memories about the abuse and humiliation suffered by the prisoners in the ghetto and with tears in his eyes thanked the people who are putting themselves and their seven?on death, saved Jewish children. Also, the Jewish community of Vinnytsia region addressed a request for establishment of a monument?atno Board dedicated to the "Righteous of the world". Vinnitsa. The coordinator of the organization "Christians for Israel" (Belgium) Karl kun, a researcher of mass shootings of Jews in the region, noted that the people of the world should know the truth about the Holocaust. At the end of the night-Requiem of the organizers of the event gave the invited representatives of national communities, the book "Born to suffer". This was reported in the Vinnytsia regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
