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Babyn Yar

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


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Her great-grandparents were also killed at Babyn Yar.

From Washington Post Mar. 16, 2022

A menorah-shaped monument to the Jewish victims of Babyn Yar was erected on the 50th anniversary of the mass shooting.

From Washington Post Mar. 4, 2022

Mr. Zelensky, who is Jewish, noted that a Russian missile this week killed five civilians on the territory of a Holocaust memorial site in Kyiv, Babyn Yar.

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2022

Babyn Yar - also known as Babi Yar - is one of the largest World War Two mass graves in Europe.

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

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