The news of Sofia Grigoryevna Yarova's death was received with deep, bitter sadness. She was a Human with a capital letter, humanist, patriot, teacher.
Sofia Hryhorivna, as a caring mother, has fruitfully cooperated with the National Historical and Memorial Reserve "Babyn Yar" since its foundation. Together, we have preserved for future generations the imperishable memory of the tens of thousands of innocent victims of the man-hating National Socialist occupation regime.
The life of Sofia Hryhorivna Yarova, the Chairman of the Association of the Righteous Among the Nations, Ukraine, and Babyn Yar, is an example of the boundless love of neighbor, an example of humanity and goodness for all of us and future generations.
We will all lack the profound wisdom of this Woman, whose family saved seven Jewish lives during the war years at the risk of losing their own lives.
The Lord God called her to Himself on the very anniversary of the day when the people she saved could be destroyed by the Nazis.
The best tribute to the bright memory of Sofia Grigoryevna will be the creation of the Memorial Museum in memory of the victims of Babyn Yar and the installation of compositional elements of the Alley of the Righteous in the Reserve, which she dreamed of. And we have to do it.
The bright memory of Sofia Grigoryevna will never fade, will never perish. We are sad… We will remember her forever
