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MINSK, 27 November (BelTA) - Belarus’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations Valentin Rybakov took part in the opening of an exposition of works by famous Belarusian artist Matvey Basov Knock on the Door marking the 75^th anniversary of the Minsk Ghetto destruction. The event is underway at the UN headquarters in New York, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The exposition features more than twenty paintings related to the tragic events of the Belarusian history during World War Two. Valentin Rybakov stressed the particular importance of preserving the memory of the tragedy of the Minsk Ghetto and other death camps, as well as the courage and heroism of soldiers, partisans and underground fighters who fought the Nazis during the World War Two.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the exhibition were the heads of the permanent missions of Israel and Germany to the UN. The event was attended by representatives of non-governmental organizations of Jews and Belarusian compatriots abroad, including Savely Kaplinsky, a former child prisoner of the Minsk Ghetto, and Svetlana Gebeleva, daughter of the head of one of the first underground organizations in Minsk during the war, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps in New York.