Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky Supports Construction of Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial; Working Committee to be Headed by Andrii Yermak, Head of the Presidential Administration

"The establishment of the memorial is extremely important for our country. Its history contains a lot of tragic pages. But we must bear them in mind and tell the coming generations about them. Such moments should stay in the history of Ukraine. They are in our talks, in our memory, in books. It would be very good if this project were brought into life and we built history together with you."  "The establishment of the memorial is extremely important for our country. Its history contains a lot...

KYIV, Ukraine, 31/07/2020 (informazione.it - comunicati stampa - arte e cultura)

 

 

 

President Zelensky also emphasized the importance of remembering the Ukrainian "Righteous Among the Nations," who saved Jews in the Holocaust.

In a significant development, the meeting participants agreed to form a working committee, headed by , Head of the Presidential Administration. The committee will coordinate regarding the framework of the Memorial's establishment as well as to prepare for the 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy.

Supervisory Board member, President of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald Lauder , stressed that the future memorial must give visitors a clear answer to the question of what is anti-Semitism and draw the world's attention to Babyn Yar.

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The Head of the Supervisory Board, Natan Sharansky pointed out that the history of Babyn Yar is not only of importance for Jewish people, as it is also the site where other nationalities perished, in particular, Ukrainian, Belarus , and Polish people.

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The first President of Ukraine (1991-1994) who has also joined the Supervisory Board, emphasized that the future Memorial will make an indisputable historical statement.

Another Supervisory Board member, former-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice-Chancellor of Germany (1998-2005) , said

In September 1941 , just days after the Nazis occupied Kyiv , around 34,000 of the city's Jews were marched to the Babyn Yar ravine and shot dead over a two-day period. Later massacres were also carried out at the same site, killing victims of other minorities and nationalities.

The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center will respectfully commemorate the victims of the tragedy and promote the humanization of mankind through preserving memory and study of the history of the Holocaust.

The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre is a non-governmental charity whose purpose is to preserve and cultivate the memory of the Holocaust and the Babyn Yar tragedy in Ukraine by turning the Babyn Yar area into a place of remembrance. The Foundation's mission is to worthily honour the memory of the victims of the tragedy and to contribute to the humanization of society through preserving and studying the history of the Holocaust.

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