On the 85th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy: Kyiv prepares a month of remembrance — from a common prayer to a digital archive

For the 85th anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy in Kyiv, not just one ceremony and not just one memorial day are being prepared. The National Historical and Memorial Reserve "Babi Yar" presented a program that begins on September 28, 2026, and continues almost until the end of October. A round table, an exhibition on the history of the Roma, an interfaith prayer, a new edition of Anatoly Kuznetsov, a digital archive, books, a museum forum. Another project — an audio guide — is still without a final date.

Author: Pavel Shveiko

The central historical point here remains the same. On September 29 and 30, 1941, 33,771 Kyiv Jews were shot in Babi Yar. This number refers specifically to the two days of mass murder and comes from German documentation. The killings in Babi Yar did not end there: during the Nazi occupation, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, psychiatric hospital patients, and other people were also shot here. Historians estimate the total number of victims at about 100,000.

For the Israeli reader, there is another detail that is better understood immediately. The National Historical and Memorial Reserve "Babi Yar," which publishes the current program, is a state Ukrainian…

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