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Babi Yar: Marking the 80th Anniversary of the Tragedy
Overview
With introductory remarks by Natan Sharansky
Babi Yar is one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. It is also a symbol of an erasure and forgetting that happen when history is made to serve political agendas. 80 years after 34,000 Jews were massacred in the Babi Yar ravine in Kyiv, numerous gaps remain in our knowledge about the tragedy. To mark the anniversary, we will discuss the latest findings regarding the site; consider what Soviet intelligence knew in real time about the genocide of the Jews in the occupied territories; raise questions about Soviet evacuation efforts; and ask whether the latest efforts to construct a memorial complex at Babi Yar will finally bear fruit.
Agenda
- Welcome by Ambassador Mark Green, President and CEO, Wilson Center
- Opening Remarks from Natan Sharansky
- Discussion with Panelists Martin Dean, Kirill Feferman, and Yaacov Falkov, moderated by Izabella Tabarovsky
Send questions to panelists by email to kennan@wilsoncenter.org; tweet @KennanInstitute, or write on our Facebook page.
Speakers
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Kennan Institute
The Kennan Institute is the premier U.S. center for advanced research on Russia and Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, and the region through research and exchange. Read more
History and Public Policy Program
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