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Babyn Yar

American  
[bah-bin yahr, bah-byin yahr] / ˈbɑ bɪn ˈyɑr, ˈbɑ byɪn ˈyɑr /
  1. a ravine near Kyiv, Ukraine: site of German massacre of Jews in World War II.


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The president was also closely involved in the creation of the memorial at Babyn Yar, Mr Sharansky said.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2022

The wall is one of several new installations in a memorial project for Babyn Yar.

From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2021

And Fridman and Khan have personal reasons behind the project: Both are Jewish, born in Ukraine when it was a Soviet republic, and had family members killed at Babyn Yar and elsewhere in the Holocaust.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2021

Babyn Yar organizers say they will raise 50 percent of the funding inside Ukraine and point out that Mr. Fridman and Mr. Khan are dual Russian and Israeli citizens.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2021

Zissels and his partners have proposed their own Babyn Yar project based on a “Ukrainian” version of events.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2021

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