Babi Yar
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Babi Yar is a ravine in Kyiv, Ukraine, that became infamous as the site of mass executions of Jews and other victims by Nazi forces during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust site
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massacre site ⓘ ravine ⓘ |
| bodyDisposal | burial in ravine ⓘ |
| cityCapturedBy | German forces in September 1941 ⓘ |
| commemoration |
Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center project
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Babi Yar memorials in Kyiv ⓘ annual remembrance ceremonies ⓘ |
| country | Ukraine ⓘ |
| date |
29 September 1941
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30 September 1941 ⓘ |
| governingAuthorityAtTime | Reichskommissariat Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Final Solution
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German invasion of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar” by Dmitri Shostakovich
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novels and historical studies about the massacre ⓘ poem “Babi Yar” by Yevgeny Yevtushenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym |
Russian
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Ukrainian ⓘ |
| laterCrimeConcealment | exhumation and burning of bodies by Nazis in 1943 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Europe
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Kyiv NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyiv Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | right bank of the Dnieper River ⓘ |
| massExecutionMethod | shooting ⓘ |
| memorialType | Holocaust memorial ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mass executions during World War II
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mass murder of Jews ⓘ mass shootings by Nazi forces ⓘ |
| numberOfVictimsEstimate |
over 33,000 Jews killed on 29–30 September 1941
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tens of thousands of additional victims killed between 1941 and 1943 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holocaust in Ukraine
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Nazi occupation of Kyiv NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Einsatzgruppen
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German police units ⓘ Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ SS units NERFINISHED ⓘ local collaborators ⓘ |
| significance |
symbol of Nazi war crimes in Eastern Europe
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symbol of the Holocaust by bullets ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Nazi occupation of Kyiv 1941–1943
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World War II ⓘ |
| toponymMeaning |
“Old woman’s ravine” in Russian
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“Old woman’s ravine” in Ukrainian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Jews
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Roma NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ Ukrainian nationalists ⓘ civilian hostages ⓘ communists ⓘ psychiatric hospital patients ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Babi Yar (poem)
subject surface form:
Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar"