The book is now published in Russian- language. It was edited and
co-edited by Shimon Samuels, Mark Weitzman and Ilya Altman and the
tributes for this version are from:
-President Dimitri Medvedev-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
-The late Patriarch Alexei II
-Foreign Minister and Chair of Russian National Commission of UNESCO, Sergei Lavrov
-St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matvieienko
-Former President Mikhail Gorbachov-Former Minister of Minorities Valeri Tishkov
-Father Vyacheslav Chaplin, Spokesman of the Patriarch of the Russian
Orthodox Church
The book was launched under the co-auspices of the Russian Holocaust
Centre, Simon Wiesenthal Centre, Verbe et Lumiere-Vigilance and the
UNESCO.It was presented at various locations:
--The Central Synagogue of Moscow chaired by Jewish Community
Chairman, Leopold Kaiymovskiy--The RIA- Novosti Press agency
--The official Moscow Holocaust Commemoration ceremony at the Central
House of Literature in Moscow
-- The Herzen Pedagogical University of St. Petersburg at a seminar on
the Holocaust (UNESCO Chair in Education in the Multicultural Societyalso attended). The session was chaired by Vice-Rector Sergei Shilov.
--The Interfax Press agency of St. Petersburg
--In a meeting with St Petersburg's Governor, Valentina Matveienko, at
the Smolny Palace. The Governer announced to the press, who were presentat the meeting, the purchase of 700 copies of the book for high
schools in St. Petersburg.