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Here in Kyiv, we remembered the victims of massacre on September 29th — the tens of thousands of peaceful residents whom the Nazis slaughtered on ethnic grounds. It is difficult to understand the magnitude of the crime, for which there can be no excuse, no explanation.
Over a period of two days, September 29th-30th, 1941, almost 34,000 Jews were murdered at the site of the Babi Yar ravine. After that, mass shootings were committed there with grim regularity, as often as twice a week. Records show that more than 100,000 people — Jews, Gypsies, and Ukrainians …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
