The tragedy of the Holocaust is the story of Yuri, who lost his mother during his childhood.

Yuri shared his story with journalist Novini.LIVE.

Remembrances of the Horrific Events of the Holocaust

Yuri recounts that during the war, his mother, along with other women from Brody, transported wheat, baked bread, and sold it near the Lviv ghetto. This was a dangerous endeavor, as the police frequently conducted raids.

"Everyone survived as best as they could: they bought wheat in Brody and the surrounding villages, milled flour, baked bread, and transported it to Lviv. My mother was part of such a team; she delivered bread. And here, on this side, where Chervonola Street runs, there were the gates of the ghetto through which Jews were taken to work. This second entrance, on Zamarsynivska, was the entry to the ghetto. The girls who brought bread stood by the gates, and when Jews walked in columns, they handed them bread. The Jews would give them some valuables in return. But this was forbidden, and Ukrainian police, along with the Germans, periodically conducted raids,"— the man says.

He recalls that during one of these raids, his mother was detained, and no one ever saw her again. She was put into a German truck and taken to the Gestapo, where her trace was lost.

"During one of these raids, they detained the group that was selling bread. The last witness I heard about saw my mother being put into a German truck and taken to the Gestapo building, which is now the SBU. And that was it; no one ever saw her again,"— Yuri adds.

According to him, the disappearance of a Jew during those times almost always meant death. Due to these tragic circumstances, Yuri became an orphan at the tender age of two.

"If a person went missing, especially a Jew, they were no longer searched for; no one ever saw them again. This is what happened with my mother; no one knows where she ended up or where she is buried,"— Yuri concluded.

Let us remind you that on January 27, in Lviv, on the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust, concerned individuals gathered near memorial sites to honor those killed by the Nazis. And the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, paid tribute to the victims of the Nazis in Poland to honor their memory.