[On the Holocaust] What Happened at Babi Yar

On the Holocaust - Yad Vashem by Yad Vashem

Apr 14, 202130:02Society & Culture

On September 28, 1941, a German edict was issued ordering the Jews of Kiev and of the surrounding area to gather some clothes and belongings, and report at an intersection not far from a local freight train station. Inst...

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