Statements

 

“I was impressed how many people came for the March of Life, despite the hot wea­ther and the fact it was not scheduled on a special memorial day: people from Tübin­gen in Germany together with Ukrainian Christian churches and other Christian de­nominations. They are here to show their compassion about what happened to our Jewish people.“

Zina Kalay-Klaizmann, Israeli Ambassador to the Ukraine

 

“We welcome the initiative by the Christi­an organization from Germany in Tübingen and of Christian organizations from the Ukraine who organized the March of Life in Kiev and other cities of the Ukraine. Their goal is to ask for forgiveness and to make a joint effort to commemorate, so that the tragedy that took place here will not repeat itself..“

Arkady Monastyrsky, President of the Je­wish Forum in the Ukraine

 

“It is special that through the March of Life we can commemorate today what happe­ned, so we can bring forth a new level of peace and friendship in our hearts. The problems of society are not only econo­mic issues, but first of all spiritual issues. Therefore I thank those friends who orga­nized the March of Life.“

Volodimir Michailovich, Deputy Governor of Zhitomir Province

 

“In the course of its entire history, the Ukrai­ne has never seen anything like the March of Life, and as far as I know, the entire former Soviet Union neither. Only as time goes by, we will understand how great the mirac­le is that happened here in the Ukraine in August. What we do see already, though, is that this March of Life was only the begin­ning, and needs to continue!“

Boris Grisenko, Rabbi of the Messianic Con­gregation in Kiev

 

“What we saw the German Christians do on the March of Life is an example to us, the beginning of something that has to happen here as well. Why? Many of us have to work through their own past be­cause so far only the first layer of the veil of silence has been torn.“

Rodion Samilovitch, Rabbi of the Messia­nic Congregation in Zaporozhye

 

“I believe that if pogroms and persecution against Jews were to begin today, these hundreds of Christians, who put on the yellow star of David on the March of Life as a sign of identification, would defend the Jews with their very lives.“

Vadim Keldysh, Rabbi of the Messianic Congregation in Berdychiv