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80 years of the Babi Yar massacre: President Herzog will attend a memorial service in Ukraine
On his first state visit to the post, Herzog was invited by the Ukrainian president to meet with him and attend the international event.
He will also meet with the Ukrainian Prime Minister and representatives of the Jewish community, and will speak in parliament. Sharansky, currently chairman of the Center for Holocaust Remembrance at Avi Yar, greeted:
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Eli Ashkenazi
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 20:00 Updated: 20:50
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President Yitzhak Herzog paid his first state visit to Ukraine on October 7-5, where he will attend an international ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, at the invitation of President Vladimir Zlansky.
"It is imperative to go back and mention the horrific event and learn its lesson," Herzog said.
The president will be accompanied by Minister Zeev Elkin, in charge of dialogue with Ukraine, and other Knesset members.
The official ceremony commemorating the massacre and inauguration of the World Memorial Center in which Herzog will participate - will be held in the presence of President Zlansky, German President Frank Walter Steinmeier and in collaboration with the Center for Holocaust Remembrance at Avi Yar (BYHMC).
"The Babi Yar Holocaust Remembrance Center is an important site in the presence of the painful memory, and in a statement that we must once again declare together: never again," the president said.
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"It is imperative to go back and mention the horrific event and learn its lesson," Herzog (Photo: Flash 90, Jonathan Zindel)
"Committed to the war on anti-Semitism."
President Zalansky (Photo: Reuters)
The center is currently being set up to commemorate the stories of 2.5 million Eastern European Jews, including 1.5 million from Ukraine, who were murdered and buried in mass graves near their homes.
In the past year, several memorials have been erected in Babi Yar as part of the construction of a large-scale museum complex on the site.
"The only way to build a present and a future in which atrocities and crimes against humanity will not find their place is solely in studying the past and including the Holocaust and persecution of the Jewish people," Herzog clarified, adding that he welcomes the Ukrainian president's invitation and his commitment to fighting anti-Semitism.
During his visit, Herzog is expected to meet with Zalanski, German President Steinmeier, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Schmigel, representatives of the Jewish community and to address the state parliament.
"Never Again".
Babi Yar, Ukraine (Photo: Official Website, BYHMC)
MK and former Minister Natan Sharansky, currently chairman of the Center for Holocaust Remembrance at Avi Yar, congratulated the President on his participation in the event: "Babi Yar is an important symbol for millions of Jews and Israelis, for the Ukrainian people and for all of humanity."
He also thanked President Zlanski for his support of the center, and for "his great commitment to history and raising awareness of the horrific massacre."
"Babi Yar is an important symbol for millions of Jews and Israelis," Sharansky (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Sharansky added, referring to the anti-Semitism law passed in the Ukrainian parliament last week, which he called "a decision that has contributed greatly to the global fight against hatred and discrimination against Jews around the world.
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