Monument to Holocaust victims

Stunning! So much history!

Very beautiful historic building, extremely fascinating! Eternal bow to the innocent dead!

The former synagogue is still very beautiful today!

The monument is a metal stele, based on which the star of David. It consists of several hundred stars, forged by hand: according to the plan of the sculptor Mikhail Kolodko, each star is unique, like every person The memorable sign is located near the building of the Transcarpathian regional philharmonic society, which until 1947 was a synagogue. The construction of the monument took place with the support of the Government of Hungary. Hungarian diplomats and government members, leaders of the Jewish community of Uzhgorod, Kyiv and representatives of Jewish communities from other regions of Ukraine and abroad, people's deputies, heads of the Transcarpathian region and Uzhhorod, Uzhhorod and guests took part in the event on the occasion of the official opening of the monument. cities. As noted in his speech by the Uzhhorod Mayor Bogdan Andreev, the memorable sign, opened today, should become a symbol of love and reconciliation in the multinational Uzhhorod. The composition consists of a metal columns, set in the center circle with a diameter of 7.5 meters depicting the star of David. Around the column planted 6 willows. News by topic: In the Babi Yar Memorial create Holocaust - Poroshenko Earlier, President Petro Poroshenko said that about 1.5 million Ukrainian Jews were destroyed by the Nazis, a quarter of Holocaust victims around the world.

On October 9, 2016, a monument to the victims of the Holocaust was opened. The opening of the memorial was held within the framework of the festival of Jewish culture that took place in the city on October 7-9. The memorable composition is made according to the plan of the Transcarpathian sculptor Mikhail Kolodko and the architect Peter Sarvash in the form of a stele consisting of hundreds of metal stars, which were handwritten by the masters of blacksmithing Vasyl Krivanich and Stepan Rusnak. At the heart of the monument is a huge star of David.