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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

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

Ruslan Kavatsiuk, the memorial group’s deputy director, said the more modern approach would help reorient the way people viewed the site, restoring Babyn Yar as an appropriate place for honoring the victims.

From New York Times 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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