At Knesset ceremony, Elkin, other MKs speak of relatives killed by Nazis

Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel

Minister of Housing and Construction Ze'ev Elkin attends a conference in Modi'in, December 5, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
Minister of Housing and Construction Ze'ev Elkin attends a conference in Modi'in, December 5, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

Among the politicians and prominent leaders sharing family Holocaust stories at the Knesset memorial ceremony, National Unity MK Ze’ev Elkin reveals that much of his family was killed during the period.

“My parents were born after the Holocaust, but a large part of their families were killed during the Holocaust and throughout the Soviet Union,” Elkin says, then reads a partial list of 10 of their names.

The lawmaker was himself born in Soviet Ukraine, before immigrating to Israel.

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