President Herzog attended a ceremony held in Kiev, alongside the presidents of Ukraine and Germany, said a "remembrance" prayer in memory of the victims of the massacre and congratulated the families of the survivors who attended. "There was no more horrific and cold blooded murder - than the massacre at Babi Yar," said Herzog, who welcomed the construction of a new memorial center on the site. "Correction of historical injustice" 

A ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre is currently being held in Kiev, Ukraine, with the participation of President Yitzhak Herzog. The ceremony will also be attended by the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zlansky, and the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. In the Great Massacre, which took place on September 30-29, 1941, 33,731 Jews were murdered. "

There has not been a more horrific and cold murder, which represents the 'Holocaust in bullets' in a more murderous way - than the massacre at Babi Yar," Herzog said in a speech at the ceremony. "It is impossible to escape the terrible thought that the sun shone on the valley. The birds chirped. The forest was quiet and the slaughterer was slaughtered.  

In his opening remarks, the President said a "Yizkor" prayer in memory of the victims of the massacre, and congratulated the families of the survivors and survivors who attended the ceremony. "Three terrible crimes this terrible valley knew. The first was the massacre - the erasure of man. Then the second and third - the concealment and oblivion - the erasure of evidence and the erasure of memory. The desire to hide and erase determined the depth of destruction. Tens of thousands of people, "Crushed. Most of those killed in Babi Yar have no trace left, neither memory nor memory. It is time for remembrance," he said. 

In his speech, Herzog spoke about Israel's long and complex history with Ukraine, and welcomed the establishment of a new memorial center in memory of the massacre. "It is a correction of a long-standing historical injustice of denial and oblivion, and a lesson learned and learned for future generations," Herzog said. "Holocaust denial still exists. Anti-Semitism still exists. Only in the last day have we all heard of another manifestation of ugly anti-Semitism in the Auschwitz extermination camp, in the form of antisemitic graffiti that desecrates the memory of those who perished in the horrific death camp. "Such a phenomenon, and to fight it with all our might. Commemoration and remembrance are essential to all mankind, against evil, cruelty and indifference." 

A new memorial center will be inaugurated in the area where the massacre took place. This is a large museum complex, which includes a dozen buildings. In the past year, several monuments and memorial buildings have been inaugurated, including the names of the murdered, a symbolic synagogue, a perforated display of bullets known as the "Holocaust in bullets," and exhibits through which voices from Kiev can be seen and heard before the Nazi occupation.

Babi Yar is the largest mass grave in Europe. In September 1941, in just two days, almost all of the Jews of Kiev, 33,771 Jews, were shot dead by the Nazis. During the entire war, about 100,000 victims were murdered and buried in Babi Yar, the vast majority of them Jews.

Herzog landed last night in Ukraine, on his first state visit to the post, in honor of the 80th anniversary of the massacre. Upon his arrival, Herzog met with Ukrainian President Zlansky, and the two spoke about the relations between the two countries and the fight against anti-Semitism. "The Jewish people have a glorious past in this country, and at the same time, the Jewish people also have a difficult and painful history here," Herzog said. 

The President congratulated Ukraine on its 30 years of independence. He also praised the country for its responsibility to commemorate the "space and culture of the Jewish community that has lived here over the years, from the preservation of the much-needed Jewish cemeteries to the establishment of memorial centers in memory of the murdered Ukrainian Jews." The important infrastructure for a courageous partnership - here and now - in the war against anti-Semitism wherever it is and for building a common, fruitful, successful and promising future." 

Herzog and Zlansky conducted a review of the Guard of Honor and watched a military parade, and Herzog also signed the guest book of the Presidential Palace. Upon landing, Herzog laid a wreath at the foot of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Housing Minister Zeev Elkin accompanied the president during his visit to the country.