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Babyn Yar

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[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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Her great-grandparents were also killed at Babyn Yar.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 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

The largest pile of flowers formed beside a monument to the children killed at Babyn Yar.

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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