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"The fact that so many people have gathered here today shows that honoring the victims of the Koriukivka tragedy of 1943 is important here," Steinmeier said after laying flowers at the monument dedicated to the tragic event
He then inspected a respective exposition at the local history museum
According to Chernihiv Regional State Administration's press service
Steinmeier is also to visit the reburial site of the victims of the tragedy in the Hai tract
where a memorial is to be built in honor of Ukrainian civilians shot dead and burned alive during World War II
teachers and young people at Koriukivka School No
Head of Chernihiv Regional State Administration Viacheslav Chaus
other honored guests and officials are accompanying Steinmeier on his visit
the Nazis killed all residents of Koriukivka (about 7,000 people)
The materials of the Nuremberg trials define this tragedy as the largest mass extermination of the local population in occupied territories during the Second World War
The majority of Koriukivka residents killed at that time were children
The Nazis carried out the punitive operation in response to the destruction by Soviet partisans of the German garrison stationed in Koriukivka
He is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli President Isaac Herzog and honor the victims of the Babyn Yar tragedy in Kyiv
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Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Büdenbender travelled to Ukraine on 5 October at the invitation of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky
There they took part in the commemorative event to mark the 80th anniversary of the mass murders committed in Babyn Yar on 6 October
In addition they also visited the northern Ukrainian town of Koriukivka
to remember the civilian victims of the German occupation of Ukraine in the Second World War
29 and 30 September mark the 80th anniversary of the single worst massacre of the Second World War
when over 33,000 Jewish citizens of Kyiv were shot in the Babyn Yar ravine
The Federal President and Elke Büdenbender traveled to Kyiv on 6 October for the official commemorative event
they also visited the northern Ukrainian town of Koriukivka
6700 people in the village of Koriukivka were murdered in retribution for Soviet partisan activities
In his speech on the 80th anniversary of Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union
the Federal President mentioned Koriukivka as being one of the forgotten places when it comes to remembering German history
at the invitation of the President of Ukraine
the Federal President and Elke Büdenbender attended a memorial ceremony in Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv
at which the Federal President gave a speech
https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Berichte/EN/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/2021/211006-Visit-to-Ukraine.html