Annual March commemorating the victims of Babyn Yar tragedy to be held in Kyiv
The March of Remembrance is a personal initiative that has turned into a mass event attended by Kyiv residents and residents of other cities in Ukraine and around the world.
The participants of the March of Remembrance are gathering on the anniversary of the events of 1941 - September 29, 2024, NV Life reports.
The program of the march on September 29, 2024:
12:00 - March participants gather in the park at the corner of Hlybochytska and Sichovykh Striltsiv streets, opposite the Kyivska Rus cinema
12:05 - the organizers of the march brief the participants on the route and rules of conduct during the event
12:15 - March participants head to the Menorah monument in the Babyn Yar National Historical and Memorial Reserve. The route of the march is the same as that followed by Kyiv residents in 1941.
13:10 - A rabbi invited by the organizers reads a memorial prayer at the Menorah monument
13:20 - The march ends
The annual March of Remembrance was organized by Yevhen Horodetskyi, a German businessman, poet, and public figure, Dmytro Yurinov, coordinator of the volunteer group Dobrovoz, and Stella Kirtadze, a marketer and PR specialist.
Over the years, the event has been joined by residents of Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Odesa, Chernihiv, Bila Tserkva, Dnipro, Kharkiv, and other Ukrainian cities, representatives of other peoples of Ukraine and other countries, diplomatic staff, representatives of Jewish communities in Ukraine and around the world, and students of Ukrainian, Jewish, and German schools.
In 1941, over two days, on September 29 and 30, more than 33,000 Kyiv residents, most of whom were Jews, were shot by the Nazis in Babyn Yar. The massacres continued until the liberation of Kyiv, with more than 120,000 men, women, and children killed. Ukrainians and representatives of other nationalities honor the victims of this tragedy with a march of remembrance.
