A commemoration ceremony was held Friday in Istanbul for the victims of the 1942 Struma catastrophe during which 768 individuals died.
The Struma catastrophe marks an incident during which a whole lot of individuals have been killed when a vessel carrying Jewish refugees was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine within the Black Sea.
“We will commemorate those who lost their lives in this tragic incident that occurred 81 years ago with a ceremony to be held in Istanbul today,” Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgic mentioned in an announcement.
The Struma vessel, carrying Jewish refugees fleeing the persecution of Nazis and their allies throughout World War II, was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine within the worldwide waters of the Black Sea on Feb. 24, 1942, ensuing within the deaths of 768 individuals, together with 108 kids.
Türkiye joined the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2008, an intergovernmental physique established in 1998 to coordinate political and social assist for Holocaust training, remembrance, analysis and fight anti-Semitism.
Since 2015, the federal government has been represented at Holocaust commemoration ceremonies within the nation. The nation can be credited with reaching out to Jews fleeing the Nazi regime. In the Thirties, Türkiye obtained greater than 130 teachers fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany, and people teachers are recognized for his or her pioneering contributions to science within the nation.
Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish consul basic on the Greek island of Rhodes, is a well known determine of that point. He is credited with saving 42 Jewish households who have been to be despatched to focus camps in Europe by confronting the officer commanding the Nazi forces that have been taking up the island and convincing him to launch the Jewish Turks on the island. Ülkümen supplied the Jews with Turkish passports to make sure their secure journey to Türkiye.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
