Ukraine, Kharkov – Ghetto Victims Get Jewish Reburial.

Ukraine, Kharkov – The remains of 150 victims of the Kharkov ghetto were given a traditional Jewish burial.

The remains were discovered last year in this western Ukrainian city when construction of a new apartment complex began at the site of the former ghetto. Construction was halted after local Jews protested, and a sample dig turned up the human remains along with what appeared to be a siddur, or prayerbook.

On Wednesday, the remains of the 150 victims were moved to Drobitzky Yar, a ravine on the city’s outskirts where Nazis murdered more than 15,000 Jews in December 1941 and January 1942. Foreign diplomats, local officials, Holocaust survivors and members of the Jewish community attended the ceremony. [jta]