Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko wrote that line in a 1961 poem in a reference to to the ravine in the suburbs of Kyiv where, starting on Sept. 29, 1941, and continuing into the following day, over 33 ...

Babi Yar may be the world’s deepest whodunit: Who killed some 34,000 Jews in just 48 hours on September 29 and 30, 1941, in this unexceptional park 15 minutes from downtown Kyiv? And who proceeded to ...

Menorah monument in Memory of Jews Victims at the Babyn Yar National Historical Memorial. on October 5, 2020 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A young boy is playing in a ...

On 29-30 September 1941, the Nazis executed 33,771 people at a ravine on the outskirts of Kiev known as Babi Yar. It was the single largest mass murder of Soviet Jews during World War II. A young Kiev ...

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, widely considered one of the worst atrocities committed during the Holocaust. Between September 29 and September 30, 1941, SS officers ...

KIEV, Ukraine-- Ukraine on Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II. Babi Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, ...

KIEV, Ukraine (JTA) – On a muddy path in Babi Yar Park, Vladimir Proch negotiates deep puddles as he shadows two rabbis and a group of Ukrainian officials. An 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, Proch ...

A great sadness came upon me after hearing of Pope John Paul II’s recent visit to Kiev, Ukraine. The pope’s trip to was an attempt to bring harmony between Ukrainian Greek Catholics and the Russian ...

Babi Yar, the slaughter of 33,771 Jews began 75 years ago Thursday in a valley near Nazi-occupied Kiev — one of the most grim atrocities of the 20th century. The mass executions of men, women and ...

While still potent, Sergei Loznista’s attempt to place the Babi Yar massacre within a particular context doesn’t stand up with his best work. The first thing you notice when going to Babi Yar is just ...