Babi Yar Massacre Commemoration
- November 8, 2021
- 3:00 PM - 6:00 CST
- Online
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University Libraries and Department of History
Paul Voelker, ic@luc.edu - Free
- Open to the public.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8 - 3:00 PM - VIRTUAL PROGRAM
*THE BABI YAR MASSACRE - 80TH ANNIVERSARY*
The Most Deadly Action of the Holocaust by Bullets
This year's Kristallnacht Commemoration focuses on the September 29-30, 1941 mass murder in Babi Yar, a Ravine in Kiyv, Ukraine, where 33,771 Jews were shot to death.Russian Jewish Holocaust Survivor Gdalina Novitsky's grandmother was murdered at Babi Yar, and Gdalina will share her family's story and be available for questions after her presentation.
There were only a handful of Babi Yar survivors. One of them was David Ayzenberg. You will see a video excerpt of his testimony.
To Register - please email ic@LUC.edu with the Subject Line Kristallnacht Program, and you will receive the Zoom link. Please Register by Friday, November 5.
Sponsored by the Department of History and the University Libraries
