Changing the Paradigms of Memorialization: the Ongoing Story Behind the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center

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Babyn Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, witnessed the killing of more than 33,000 Jewish men, women, and children, on September 29 and 30, 1941. The site of one of the largest single massacres perpetrated by occupying German troops against Jews during World War II, Babyn Yar became a symbol of the Holocaust by Bullets.

While the main tragic event took place in 1941, throughout the occupation, the site was used as a killing location by the German forces. In fact, it is reported that 70 to 100 000 people lost their lives in Babyn Yar. With no architecture to the tragedy and only a remaining “broken” landscape, people struggled with achieving memorialization and public recognition. 

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Cite: Christele Harrouk. "Changing the Paradigms of Memorialization: the Ongoing Story Behind the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center" 16 Feb 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/976753/changing-the-paradigms-of-memorialization-the-ongoing-story-behind-the-babyn-yar-holocaust-memorial-center> ISSN 0719-8884

Babyn Yar Synagogue by Manuel Herz, image by Iwan Baan. Image Courtesy of BYHMC

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