Commemorating Babyn Yar: 83 years since the Nazi massacre of 33,000
The Babyn Yar massacres, which began with the execution of 752 psychiatric patients, continued for two years, ultimately claiming over 100,000 lives.
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Moscow seeks to use Babyn Yar against Ukrainians; Ukrainians want a memorial to the victims
There are two competing projects for a memorial at Babyn Yar [also known as Babi Yar], the site…
“Your heroes are our nightmare”: Israeli Ambassador on Ukraine relations and Holodomor recognition
Given that Israel is one of the strategic partners of Ukraine and the countries have many common history…
Putin’s “Trojan horse” in Ukraine — Babyn Yar and Holocaust memorialization
The Russian project is indeed a “Trojan horse”, as Yost Zissels, a Ukrainian dissident of Jewish origin and…
Memory wars and other battles
Let’s take a look at how Russia remembers its history. For example, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently tried…
Intellectual group warns against Russian annexation of Ukrainian historical memory in “Holocaust Disneyland”
On October 13, 2020, the members of the First of December Group – founded on the 20th anniversary…
“Holocaust Disneyland” on mass graves in Kyiv – result of weak national memory policy
The museum is planned to be built in Babyn Yar, where the largest executions were committed by Nazi…
False accusations of antisemitism haunt Ukraine as Putin pushes his narrative at Holocaust Forum
Respected Anti-Defamation League and its survey on antisemitism: what’s wrong This season’s first accusation of Ukraine’s purported antisemitism…
Jewish survivors of Babi Yar Holocaust massacre recall events, reconstruct exact shooting location
The massacre committed by the Nazis and local collaborators in the Babi Yar ravine on 29-30 September 1941,…
Russian oligarchs push Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial project which discredits Ukraine – Zissels
The massacre committed by the Nazis and local collaborators in the Babi Yar ravine on 29 September 1941,…
Kyiv honors memory of 34,000 killed in first days of Holocaust in Babi Yar
The first mass executions of the Holocaust started in Kyiv on 29 September 1941, 10 days after it…
Nazi dreams of an enslaved Ukraine: the blind spot of Germany’s historical memory – Timothy Snyder
When we ask why historical responsibility, why German historical responsibility, I want to begin from the universal point…
Germany’s historical responsibility towards Ukraine discussed in Bundestag
On 19 May 2017, Germany’s Green party initiated debates on the topic of Germany’s historical responsibility towards Ukraine. The…
Understanding the Ukrainians in WWII Part 3. Of German plans and German collaborators.
On May 22 Volodymyr Katriuk, a Ukrainian World War II veteran and a suspected participant in the massacre…
Timothy Snyder: Die Schlacht in der Ukraine kann alles bedeuten
Übersetzung aus dem Englischen. Erschienen am 11. Mai 2014 in “New Republic”. Timothy Snyder ist Housum-Professor für Geschichte…