Babi Yar

Babi Yar, , (, Babyn Yar) is the name of a ravine situated in the Ukrainian city of Kiev. It was the site of a massacre of Jews and other civilians by the Nazis, with assistance from Ukrainian collaborators, during World War II.

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The Germans reached Kiev on September 19, 1941. On September 28, notices around town read:

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"All Jews living in the city of Kiev and its vicinity are to report by 8 o'clock on the morning of Monday, September 29th, 1941, to the corner of Melnikovsky and Dokhturov Streets (near the cemetery). They are to take with them documents, money, valuables, as well as warm clothes, underwear, etc. Any Jew not carrying out this instruction and who is found elsewhere will be shot.

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Kiev: Kiev (Ukrainian: , Kyiv; Russian: , Kiev; also spelled Kyiv (see also Cities' alternative names), is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. As of 2003, Kiev officially had 2,642,486 inhabitants, although the large number of...

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