Khmelnitsky, Ukraine – A Holocaust memorial was vandalized in western Ukraine. The mass grave in the town of Khmelnitsky was desecrated. The monument was established after World War II on the site of a Nazi wartime massacre of 8,000 Jews.
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Local Jewish activists cleaning the site discovered that the monument to Holocaust victims had been damaged and the plaque broken. The activists appealed to the town council to build a fence along the perimeter of the memorial. Police are investigating, but no progress has been reported. [JTA]
What do you expect in the Ukraine? There isn’t a town in Ukraine that doesn’t have a Khmelnitsky Street or a Khmelnitsky square. There ia province Khmelnitsky with a capital Khmelnitsky. They are very proud of this Ukrainian hero Bogdan Khmelnitsky. He was a good Ukrainian. We jews remember him for Tach v’tot. Yimach shmo v’zichro.