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By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide to 20th Century History since 1997

Babi Yar Massacre Begins

Monday September 29, 2003
On September 29, 1941, the massacre at Babi Yar began. The Nazis herded Jews from Kiev to a nearby ravine called Babi Yar, shot them, and buried them in mass graves. Over 100,000 people were killed.

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