Today the victims of the Holocaust were paid tribute in the Jewish Cultural Center of Ufa. The participants laid flowers to the monument of the Holocaust victims and the soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War. The event was arrended by The Chairman of the State Assembly of Bashkortostan Konstantin Tolkachev, the Minister of Culture RB Amina Shaficova, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Bashkortostan Azat Badranov, Chairman of the Central Spiritual Board of Muslims of Russia Talgat Tadzhuddin, Head of the Bashkortostan Metropolitanate Metropolitan Nikon and the Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Bashkortostan. 

The monument was opened on June. The memorial was built on the initiative and at the expense of the Jewish community of Bashkortostan. Today it is the only memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in the Volga Federal District.

The event participants saw the "Butterflies of Memory" exposition prepared by the children, listened to songs, and watched theatrical performances.