A mourning rally dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the mass executions of Jewish civilians was held near the memorial in the village Agrobaza in Mariupol.
Before starting the meeting, the participants visited a memorial plaque with the inscription “to the Prisoners of the ghetto who were killed by the Nazis. 1941”. After the laying of the flowers, the participants went to the village Agrobaza, to the the memorial complex "Menorah". Here, in the place of mass executions of the Jewish population, the present remembered their loved ones.
The meeting began with an opening speech of the Chief Rabbi of Mariupol Menachem Mendel Cohen, who noted that the most important thing - is to remember and never remain indifferent. The rally is in memory of the ten thousand Jews who were shot, and to those who survived and were risking their lives helping others to survive. After the speech, he read a prayer “El Maliach Hamim.”
Then a word was given to Deputy Mayor Jaroslav Hotnyanski: "All the nations, we are all mourning together with you and will always support you in the great work you do."
Kurnir Kuhn, founder of the charity fund "christians for Israel - Ukraine" mentioned the importance of thinking about the future, and remembering the past so that it would never happen again.A memorial prayer “Kadish” was read by Boris Dantsker, and a special candle was lit by Vladimir Ulyanitskiy.Anna L. Buzunar and Vladimir M. Schapiro shared their terrible memories from then with tears in their eyes.
The performance of the students of the Mariupol Jewish school "Or Avner" was very touching and beautiful. All people were listening with tears on their eyes. They promised to those who have been shot here, that it will never happen again!
