Memorial of the victims of the Nazi occupation the Jews desecrated at Babi Yar in Kiev
In Kiev at Babi Yar in the night of Wednesday was desecrated memorial " menorah ", dedicated to the Jews who perished during the Nazi occupation. As told in the Secretariat of the all-Ukrainian Jewish Congress, unidentified drew on some of the granite pylons swastika, ITAR-TASS reported." This causes deep resentment ", - stressed in the Congress, adding that such acts of vandalism has happened before. The swastika appeared in the beginning of the Jewish new year - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish new year and the anniversary of the mass murder at Babi Yar. From 29 September 1941 to 1943 in the area of Kiev were shot from 70 to 200 thousand Jews. Remember, This is not the 1st case of the desecration of the monument to the dead Jews in Ukraine for the last time. First in Odessa memorial to the victims of the Holocaust established in the area of them. Soviet Marshal Fyodor Tolbukhin, desecrated by drawing a swastika on it and the so-called wolf hook. Since the beginning of political decline in Ukraine defined the objects of historical and cultural heritage was under threat of vandalism. The radicals began to tear down the monuments to Lenin in Ukraine Since December 8 last year. Then such incidents happened in Odessa, Chernigov, Zhitomir and Berdichev. on February 25 this year, supporters of euromayday, Brody was removed From the pedestal of the monument to the Russian commander Mikhail Kutuzov. After two days then the Amount was desecrated the memorial to the fallen heroes of the great Patriotic war. The latest incident has caused great dissatisfaction in the Russian Federation.