July 26 in the town of Pidhaytsi, Ternopil region, the thematic meeting: "Humanity in times of cruelty", which was dedicated to the Ukrainian Righteous was held at the House of Culture.
The Righteous Among the Nations is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis in European countries.
A person recognized as the Righteous Among the Nations receives an honorary certificate, a medal, in which two languages, the Hebrew and French engraved inscription: "In gratitude from the Jewish people. Who saves one life saves the whole world" and the right to add his name to those written on the Wall of Honor in the Garden of the Righteous at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
As of January 1, 2016, there are 2 544 Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations.
The Righteous of Ukraine is an honorary title recognized at the state level of Ukraine, established by the Jewish Council of Ukraine and the "Memory of Babyn Yar" Fund, which is assigned to the inhabitants of Ukraine, who at the risk their lives saved Jews during the Second World War on the territory of Ukraine.
As of January 1, 2013, there are more than 3085 such people.
The Babyn Yar Righteous is an honorary title recognized at the state level of Ukraine, established by the Jewish Council of Ukraine and the "Memory of Babyn Yar" Fund, which began to be conferred to those people who, during the Second World War, risking their own lives, saved the doomed on the death Jews in the city of Kiev.
As of January 1, 2013, there are 618 Righteous of Babyn Yar.
Ukraine is the only state that rewards the righteous of Ukraine for their feat during the Second World War. As of January 1, 2013, 326 Righteous were awarded the Order of "For Courage" and "For Merits" of the 3rd Degree.
The meeting was held with the public: Mikhailo Gutor - Senior Researcher of the NHMR "Babyn Yar", Irina Korpan - Vice-President of the Ukrainian-Canadian Association of Immigrants, Alla Kolodnitska - Head of Pidhaytsi region Administration.
It was shown the film Irina Korpan "She paid with life". Irina Korpan is the founder of the Native Language program in Canada, a journalist, producer of several documentaries about prominent Ukrainians. Thanks to her, the inhabitants of Pidhaytsi had the opportunity to return in times of a terrible past during the brutal extermination of Jews by Nazis on the territory of Pidhaytsi region during the Second World War, revising the documentary film of the memoirs of eyewitnesses of that time. The main figure of the film was Katerina Sikorska, who heroically gave her life, saving two Jewish children.
Mikhail Gutor presented to the chairman of the Pidhaytsi district administration, Alla Kolodnitsky the book "BABYN YAR. Tragedy. History. Memory. "
