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Ukraine commemorates 83rd anniversary of Babyn Yar tragedy
Zelensky saying that it is a "terrifying symbol" of what _can happen when the world _"lacks the determination to stand up against evil."__
The #BabynYar tragedy was a mass murder of nearly 34,000 #Jews by #Nazi forces over two days in September 1941, near Kyiv, as part of the #Holocaust.
Estimates put the total #death toll, which also includes #Soviet prisoners of war and the #Romani people, at over 100,000.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-commemorates-83rd-anniversary-babyn-yar-tragedy/
#UkraineUkraine commemorates 83rd anniversary of Babyn Yar tragedy
Ukraine commemorated the 83rd anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy on Sept. 29, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying that it is a "terrifying symbol" of what can happen when the world "lacks the determination to stand up against evil." The Babyn Yar tragedy was a mass murder of nearly 34,kyivindependent.com
Ukraine commemorated the 83rd anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy on Sept. 29, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying that it is a "terrifying symbol" of what can happen when the world "lacks the determination to stand up against evil." The Babyn Yar tragedy was a mass murder of nearly 34,kyivindependent.com
#holocaust #ukraine #history
34,000
Jews were rounded up and shot before being pushed into the ravine.
On 29 and 30 September 1941, the Nazis took almost 34,000 Jews to the edge of the Babi Yar ravine in Ukraine's capital Kiev and shot them all.
Present day Russian military shelling in Ukraine has damaged the Babi Yar memorial monument.
