Zelensky, flanked by Ukrainian rabbis, marks Holocaust Remembrance Day at Babyn Yar |
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky decried antisemitism at the Babyn Yar ravine outside of Kyiv, where Nazis and their collaborators murdered more than 33,000 Jews in a two-day rampage in 1941, to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday.
“In this place, tens of thousands of Jews were murdered, as part of the Holocaust of European Jewry in which 6 million Jews were slaughtered,” said Zelensky, who is Jewish.
“The world has a duty to remember the promise of ‘Never Again’ and to uphold it. These are not empty words — when antisemitism is spreading across the world, we must ensure that this promise is truly kept. We must act against antisemitism,” he continued.
Zelensky was joined by Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha; the head of the president’s office, Kyrylo Budanov; and 30 foreign ambassadors.
Ukraine’s leading rabbis also attended, including Rabbi........