Residence of the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States is obliged to apologize for the photo, where the deportation of Polish Jews issued for the deportation of the Crimean Tatars. This message was made by the leader of the organization "kyrym birligi" ( "the unity of the Crimea" ) and the Public Council of the Crimean Tatar people Seytumer nimetullayev.

The eighteenth of may was celebrated the day of memory of victims of deportation of the Crimean Tatars. In 1941-1944 of the Crimean Peninsula deported more than 277 thousand people: the families of Crimean Tatars, Armenians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Germans and Italians.

Ukrainian Ambassador's residence made by that date the text, which is used to illustrate the deportation of the Crimean Tatars the deportation of Jews from the Polish ghettos.

Posted the photo belongs Memorial Museum United States Holocaust and stored in its archive.

the picture shows the landing of the Jews from the Lodz ghetto in Poland in wagons to be sent to the camp of death "cheå?mno" between 1942 and 1944. On the sleeve of his jacket one of the men standing by the compositions of the sewn star of David. On some of the cars says " France ".

"This is inexcusable historical mistake, which was most likely done unintentionally or inadvertently. We call on the residence of the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States in the future to be more competent in matters of history, most if This is caused by the tragedy of entire Nations, " said Fins news Nimetullayev.

according to his statement, to the publications associated with the history, ought to approach the most sensitive.

first representation of Russia in the capital of the United States called the incident a " training manual for Ukrainian diplomacy ".



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