The Untold Story of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe
80 years since the
Babyn Yar Massacre
Online Broadcast
5 PM Israel/Ukraine Standard Time,
10 AM EST
25 January 2021
The Seminar
Join us on Monday, January 25th, 2021
Online Broadcast - 5 PM Israel/Ukraine Standart Time, 10 AM EST
״The Untold Story of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe
80 years since the Babyn Yar Massacre״
Between 1941 and 1943, between 70,000 and 100,000 people were shot by the Nazis at Babyn Yar, decimating the Jewish population of Kyiv, making Babyn Yar the largest mass grave in Europe.
This online seminar will coincide with International Holocaust Remembrance Day as we enter the 80th year since the Babyn Yar massacre. Hosted by The Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy at IDC Herzliya, together with The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the seminar will discuss this pivotal historical event, still unknown to many.
Contact Us
Speakers
Tal Shalev
Host
Opening Remarks
Amb. Ron Prosor
Head of the Abba Eban Intitute for International Diplomacy, IDC Herzliya
Mr. Natan Sharansky
Chair of the Supervisory Board, Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center
Prof. Ivan Patryliak
Dean of Faculty of History, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Gunned down: The Story of Ukraine's Jewry
Lecture
Dr. Kai Struve
Institute for History,
Martin Luther University Halle - Wittenberg
Babyn Yar Massacre –
Symbol Of 1.5 Million Jews Shot During The Eastern European Holocaust
Expert Panel
Prof. Michael Berenbaum
Director of Sigi Ziering Institute, American Jewish University
Mr. Boris Maftsir
Documentary Filmmaker and founder of the project: “Searching for the Unknown Holocaust"
Prof. Renée A. Middleton
Dean of Patton College of Education, Ohio University
Conversation with Dr. Faina Vinokruva
Deputy Director of Vinnytsia Region State Archives, member of Ukrainian center for Holocuast studies
National Trauma, Suppressed History And Erased Identities: Babyn Yar Collective Memory
Expert Panel
Dr. Samuel Barnai
European Forum, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Gina Ross, MFCT
Founder and President of the International Trauma-Healing Institutes (U.S. & Israel)
Prof. Jeffrey K. Olick
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology and History, University of Virginia
Babyn Yar Massacre From A Personal Perspective
One-on-One Conversations
Prof. Shimon Redlich
Faculty of History, Ben-Gurion University & Holocaust survivor
Mrs. Ira Vigdorchik
Coach of Israel’s Rhythmic Gymnastics team
Closing Remarks
Mr. Avner Shalev
Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate
Partners
Babyn Yar Massacre
In September 1941, for the very first time in history, a metropolitan city in Europe lost virtually almost all of its remaining Jewish inhabitants to premeditated murder. On the edge of Kyiv (Kiev), in and near the ravine called Babyn Yar, more Jews (33,771, according to the murderers) were slaughtered in two days during World War II than in any other single German massacre.
The Babyn Yar massacre was the largest tragedy of its type during the Holocaust - Mass murder by shooting, perpetrated near the victims’ homes. It destroyed entire communities and left local residents living next to the mass graves of their school friends and neighbors. Yet, this horrifying ‘Holocaust by bullets’ which killed approximately 1.5 million in Ukraine and 2.2 Million Jews in total, across Eastern Europe, has until now largely evaded the historical record.
Videos
Babyn Yar History & Commoration
Uncovering The Names Of The Babyn Yar Massacre Victims
The Babyn Yar Model
The Babyn Yar Museum Project
Articles
Articles by Our Speakers
COLLECTIVE TRAUMA AND HEALING: Remembering the Holocaust and the Babyn Yar Massacre
By Gina Ross, MFCT
GUNNED DOWN: THE STORY OF UKRAINE’S JEWRY
By Dr. Kai Struve
STAGE I: MOBILE KILLERS - STATIONARY VICTIMS
By Prof. Michael Berenbaum
Remembering Babyn Yar Can Give Moral Clarity In Today's World Of Confusion | Opinion
By Natan Sharansky
For NEWSWEEK
Now, More Than Ever, Europe Must Preserve Its Historical Memory
By Aleksander Kwasniewski
Former President of Poland
For NEWEUROPE
