Babi Yar massacre

When

29 Sep 1941 – 30 Sep 1941

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

33,771

Coordinates

50.47° N, 30.45° E

Description

mass killing of Jews near Kyiv, Ukraine, in September 1941

Ravine and massacre site in Kyiv, Ukraine

Babi Yar or Babyn Yar is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. The first and best documented of the massacres took place on 29–30 September 1941, in which some 33,771 Jews were murdered. Other victims of massacres at the site included Soviet prisoners of war, communists and Romanies.

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