Multiple Jewish organizations operating in this industrial region united forces with local authorities to organize this event. Among them were the Jewish community of Donetsk - a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine - the regional Chesed, the 'Ukraine-Israel' Society, the Donetsk City Administration, and the Regional Administration.
Donetsk Citizens Commemorate Holocaust Victims
DONETSK, Ukraine — In the lead-up to the Day of Catastrophe and Heroism, which is marked in Ukraine in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk hosted a solemn meeting.
Multiple Jewish organizations operating in this industrial region united forces with local authorities to organize this event. Among them were the Jewish community of Donetsk – a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine – the regional Chesed, the ‘Ukraine-Israel’ Society, the Donetsk City Administration, and the Regional Administration.
The gathering involved people from many different ethnic and religious backgrounds, who wished to pay tribute to those whose lives were taken in this most horrific of twentieth century tragedies. Participants underlined the importance of upholding their historic memory, promoting tolerance and accord, as well as respect between different peoples in the contemporary world.
The event culminated in a memorial prayer and laying of flowers at the monument erected in honor of the Holocaust victims.
