Yatsenyuk recalled that in 1941-1943 in Babi Yar, the Nazis shot 100,000 people, of which about 70,000 were Jews
Yatsenyuk honored the memory of the victims of the Babi Yar tragedy / Photo: Collage: Today
The memory of the Babi Yar tragedy should unite Ukrainians in their aspiration to never allow such tragedies to occur. And never allow the issue of the memorial at Babi Yar to be turned into a weapon of Russia’s information war against Ukraine.
The leader of the Popular Front party Arseniy Yatsenyuk wrote about this on Facebook.
“Today is the day when we bow our heads in the mournful memory of one of the greatest tragedies that the occupation wars brought to the Ukrainian land,” – he stressed.
Yatsenyuk added that, according to historians, in 1941-1943 in Babi Yar, the Nazis shot 100,000 people, of which about 70,000 were Jews.
“Babi Yar became a mass grave for Ukrainians, Russians, Roma and other nationalities. In just two days on September 29-30, almost 34,000 Jews were killed. A terrible conveyor of death …”, – wrote Yatsenyuk.
The ex-prime minister stressed that it is important to remember these figures. Behind each of them are “human destinies, unborn lives, pain of families, our sorrow and a bitter historical lesson for the whole world.”
What is known about the tragedy
- The first execution took place on September 27, 1941, when 752 patients of the V.I. Ivan Pavlov, which was located directly near Babi Yar.
- On September 27-28, announcements with text in Ukrainian, Russian and German appeared on the walls of houses, fences and poles: “All Jews of the city of Kiev and its environs must appear on Monday, September 29, 1941 at 8:00 am at the corner of Melnikovaya and Degtyarevskaya streets (near the cemetery). Take documents, money, valuables, as well as warm clothes, linen, etc. Who among the Jews does not comply with this order and is found in another place, will be shot. Who among the citizens penetrates into the abandoned apartments and appropriates their belongings, will be shot. “.
- Mass executions in Babi Yar and the Syretsk concentration camp located next to it were carried out later, until the liberation of Kiev from the occupation.
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