MFA delegates honour Holocaust victims in the March of the Living in Paneriai
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Neris Germanas and other Lithuanian diplomats, together with thousands of Lithuanian citizens who care and wish to pay homage to the victims of the Holocaust, participated in the March of the Living in Paneriai on 26 April. It is a symbolic walk from Paneriai railway station to the memorial in Paneriai (Ponary) to honour the memory of 70 000 Jews and people of other nations killed there. The March of the Living was held in Vilnius for the tenth time this year.
In response to an invitation by the Jewish Community of Lithuania, Prime Minister of Lithuania Saulius Skvernelis, Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson, Ambassador of Israel to Lithuania Amir Maimon, ambassadors and diplomats of other states to Lithuania, members of the Good Will Foundation joined members of the Israeli Litvak community originating from Vilnius and Vilnius region in their march to honour the victims of the Holocaust.
Prime of Minister of Lithuania Saulius Skvernelis laid flowers and addressed those who gathered at the Paneriai Memorial to honour the dead. The ceremony also heard the address of Faina Kukliansky, Chair of the Jewish Community of Lithuania, and other participants of the March.
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