06 October 2016
On Sunday, 9 October 2016, at 15:00 a memorial ceremony will be held at Yad Vashem commemorating 75 years since the murder of the Jews of Kiev and the surrounding areas during the massacre at Babi Yar in late September 1941. The wreath-laying ceremony will take place in the Hall of Remembrance, in partnership with the Association of Ukrainian Immigrants in Israel and in the presence of the Minister of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel H.E. Mr. Hennadii Nadolenko, and Chairman of the Association of Ukrainian Immigrants in Israel David Levin, as well as Holocaust survivors.
Press interested in covering the event should contact the Communications Division at Yad Vashem: Simmy Allen / Head, International Media Section / Communications Division/ Yad Vashem +972-(0)2-644-3412/ simmy.allen@yadvashem.org.il
