WWII - Holocaust - Babi Yar Massacre

güttsfükk · #1 ● 02-16-2009, 10:06 PM

Babi Yar (Ukrainian: Бабин яр, Babyn yar; Russian: Бабий яр, Babiy yar) is a ravine in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It is located at the juncture of today's Kurenivka, Lukianivka and Syrets raions, between Frunze, Melnykov and Olena Teliha streets and St. Cyril's Monastery.

In the course of two days, September 29-30, 1941, a special team of German SS troops supported by other German units, local collaborators and Ukrainian police murdered 33,771 Jewish civilians after taking them to the ravine. The Babi Yar massacre was the largest single mass killing for which the German army was responsible during its campaign against the Soviet Union and is considered to be "the largest single massacre in the history of the Holocaust".

In the months that followed, thousands more were seized and taken to Babi Yar where they were shot. It is estimated that more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians, of whom a significant number were Jews, were murdered by the Nazis there during World War II

güttsfükk · #2 ● 02-18-2009, 12:37 AM

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Magenta · #3 ● 05-17-2009, 12:11 AM

I'm going to the Ukraine - Kiev - at the end of the year to have a sneak around Chernobyl and Pripyat for a couple of days. We have the Babi Yar experience included in the rest of our trip - the museum there's meant to be really good!! Will take stacks of pictures!

güttsfükk · #4 ● 05-17-2009, 10:56 AM

If i;'m not mistaken there's also some great viking history in kiev

Magenta · #5 ● 05-17-2009, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by parasyte ↗

If i;'m not mistaken there's also some great viking history in kiev

Yeah, Kiev was siezed in about 882 by a Viking leader called Oleg... I believe there's quite a lot dedicated to Viking history in a couple of the museums...