An evening in commemoration of the eight deported Jews was held in Turku on November 6th, 2025

25 students, researchers, pupils of the upper secondary school (Klassillinen lukio), members of the Jewish community and other guests gathered on Thursday, November 6, to commemorate the eight deported Jews, who were handed over to Gestapo in Helsinki on November 6, 1942, and taken to Auschwitz. The ”stumbling stone” dedicated to Hans Szybilski (Installed in 2022) is istalled on the street at Vartiovuorenkatu 1, the location of his last home before the deportation. He and 6 others were murdered in Auschwitz. The evening continued in Auditorum Theologicum at ÅAU where the pupils of upper secondary school Katedralskolan joined in.