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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

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

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

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2022

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

This month Ukraine will mark the 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre, one of the biggest single killings of Jews during the Holocaust.

From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2021

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