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Babyn Yar Commemoration By Kyiv Post. Published Sept. 24. KyivPost

Events in Kyiv to commemorate Babyn Yar on Sept. 24-29Most events will take place in Ukrainskyi Dim/Ukrainian Center on 2 Khreshchatyk St. on European Square. The Babyn Yar Project is a commemoration by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter in cooperation with others, including World Jewish Congress. The Kyiv Post is a media partner. Babyn Yar is a ravine in Kyiv where, on Sept. 28-29, 1941, Nazi Germany occupiers shot to death 34,000 Kyivan Jews. During the next two years of German occupation, an estimated 100,000 victims were killed at Babyn Year. More than two-thirds were Jews.

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