Two years ago, during ceremonies honouring the 75th commemoration of the Babyn Yar massacre in Kyiv, I was struck by the extent of official preparations. In tandem with the event, the authorities brought off an impressive array of events designed to draw attention to the atrocity, in which the Nazis, assisted by Ukrainian collaborators, killed an estimated 33,771 Jews within a two day period at a ravine located just outside the Ukrainian capital. Perhaps less well known, however, is the earlier prelude to Babyn Yar which was no less horrific, as the Nazis liquidated the local Jewish population amidst the German advance striking deep into Ukrainian territory.
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Nikolas Kozloff: Ukraine’s prelude to Babyn Yar
Peopel atand the commemorative events dedicated to the victims of Babyn Yar tragedy in Kyiv on Sept. 29, 2017.
