[Cz-L] Holocaust remembrance in Ukraine

This from the Israel Jewish Scene, Published: 07.07.11

Ukraine to mark Holocaust Day
Parliament in Kiev decides to turn International Holocaust Remembrance Day
on January 27 into country's official commemoration day. Ukraine to mark
70th anniversary of Babi Yar massacre this year with series of special
events

By a large majority, the Ukrainian parliament has decided to turn
International Holocaust Remembrance Day into an official commemoration day
in the country, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday.
 
The world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27,
the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
 
Memorial Site
Kiev mayor vetoes plan to build hotel in Babi Yar / AFP

The parliament also decided to mark the 70th anniversary of the Babi Yar
massacre this year with a series of special events.
 
The decision of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) was unequivocal,
with 331 of 450 representatives voting in favor of commemorating the Jews
murdered in the Holocaust in an annual state memorial day, and marking the
70th anniversary of the massacre in the ravine west of Kiev with special
events.
 
To get the whole story access:
> http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4091881,00.html

Mimi
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