On Wednesday, September 17, at Ledine, near the memorial site Triple Surduk, a commemoration was held in memory of the victims of fascist terror. At this location, on September 17, 1941, German occupation units executed 240 hostages from the Banjica camp – 187 Jews and 53 communists.
The commemoration was attended by Aron Fuks, president of the Jewish Community of Belgrade, who addressed the attendees and emphasized the importance of preserving memory, after which wreaths were laid by members of the administration and community, representatives of the Jewish communities of Zrenjanin and Novi Sad, the Union of Associations of Fighters of the National Liberation War of Serbia (SUBNOR), the SUBNOR local community of Laćarak, Igor Jovanović, deputy president of the Belgrade City Assembly, representatives of the Novi Beograd city municipality, and Pavel Voronin, first secretary and head of the cultural department of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Belgrade.
During the commemoration, the names of the victims were read, followed by the recitation of the El Male Rahamim prayer (Jewish prayer for the deceased).
Through a collective act of honoring, the attendees once again confirmed the importance of nurturing a culture of memory and the enduring obligation to ensure that the crimes are never forgotten.