Council of Churches Calls to Study Tragedies of Holodomor and Holocaust

All the crimes of Nazism and Stalinism against humanity have no right to be justified and any attempts of such justification are an outrage against the memory of the millions of victims who were killed or who suffered from the totalitarian regimes, reads the Declaration of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations “Knowledge of the Past Is the Way to the Future” passed at the session of October 3, 2012, in Kyiv, reported the Institute for Religious Freedom (IRF).

“Special attention should be paid to a more thorough study of the tragic pages of the history of the 20th century and the disclosing of the truth about the crimes of the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century in Ukraine, including the Holodomor, Stalin’s political repressions, the Holocaust, and other crimes of the Nazi invader regime in Ukraine in 1941-1944 and forced deportation,” reads the declaration.

The participants of the session, which was held under the chairmanship of the Head of UGCC, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav (Schevchuk), analyzed the activity of the Supreme Council during the 11th session and exchanged ideas regarding actual legislative initiatives.