The official memorial event marking 70 years since the murder of the Jews in Ukraine, including the massacres at Babi Yar and adjacent areas, was held at Yad Vashem. The wreath-laying ceremony took place in partnership with the Association of Ukrainian Immigrants in Israel, in the Hall of Remembrance with the participation of Minister of Public Affairs and the Diaspora Yuli Edelstein, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Mykhailo Kulynyak, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Association of Ukrainian Immigrants in Israel David Levin and Holocaust survivors. 70 years ago this week, 33,771 Jews were murdered in Babi Yar, near Kiev. As the German army advanced eastward in the fall of 1941, similar mass murders of Jews took place throughout the region. Michael Sidko, who was a child during the Babi Yar massacre and survived, and Ukrainian Minister of Culture Mykhailo Kulynyak, rekindled the eternal flame. Cantor Asher Haimowitz recited Kadish and El Maleh Rachamim.