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(Jewish Group) Ukraine says a memorial to Jews murdered during the Holocaust was damaged by Russians
Ukraine says a memorial to Jews murdered during the Holocaust was damaged by Russian shelling
A memorial to Jews murdered during the Holocaust was damaged by Russian shelling Saturday, according to Ukraine’s government. The memorial is located in Drobitsky Yar near Kharkiv and marks the spot at which about 15,000 to 20,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis in December 1941.
Photos from the site showed branches of the memorial’s nine foot tall menorah that were damaged.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about the damage to the memorial in his Facebook live address Saturday night.
“During World War II, the Nazis executed about 20,000 people there,” Zelensky said, according to The New York Times. “Eighty years later, they are killed a second time. And Russia is doing it.”
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