{"id":109070,"date":"2021-09-29T15:18:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T12:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/?p=109070"},"modified":"2022-03-02T11:11:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T09:11:33","slug":"lbh-babi-yar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/lbh-babi-yar\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Babi Yar When Others Didn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On September 29-30, 1941, the Nazis and their collaborators committed one of the Holocaust\u2019s largest massacres, murdering nearly 35,000 Jews in just two days at the Babi Yar (sometimes written &#8220;Babyn Yar&#8221;) ravine, which was then just outside of Kyiv, and which is now located within the modern Ukrainian city. More than 100,000 people total were murdered there in just two years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109071\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000320.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109071\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000320.jpg 2162w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000320-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000320-866x600.jpg 866w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000320-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000320-1536x1064.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000320-2048x1419.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Babi Yar ravine. From the Emmanuel (Amik) Diamant Collection, the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at the National Library of Israel (Photo: Joseph Schneider). Click image to enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet for years the memory of Babi Yar was in many ways forgotten \u2013 the result of efforts to erase and re-write history, as well as the fact that the role and images of the death camps often overshadowed the centrality that other mass murders, like Babi Yar, played in the story of the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the 1960s this began to change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1961, Yevgeny Yevtushenko&#8217;s famous poem, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/archives\/NNL_ARCHIVE_AL003543095\/NLI\">Babi Yar<\/a>&#8220;, was published. An original manuscript of it has been safeguarded among the National Library of Israel&#8217;s collections since shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Five years later, Anatoly Kuznetsov&#8217;s book of the same name came out, and a broader movement led by young local Jews interested in their own heritage and history continued to grow. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/archives\/NNL_CAHJP997008880675605171\/CAHJP\">personal archive<\/a> of one of the leaders of this movement, an engineer named Emmanuel (Amik) Diamant, recently came to the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109086\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000322-003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109086\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000322-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000322-003.jpg 1873w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000322-003-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000322-003-837x600.jpg 837w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000322-003-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000322-003-1536x1101.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Babi Yar, 1966. From the Emmanuel (Amik) Diamant Collection, the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at the National Library of Israel (Photo: Joseph Schneider). Click image to enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1966, on the 25<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the massacre, an unofficial memorial sign was hung at the Babi Yar site, which on subsequent anniversaries drew thousands of local Jews and would become a central force in the awakening of Soviet Jewry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Grassroots efforts also began around that time to locate the mass graves in the area, something else which was certainly not a priority for the Soviet authorities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109083\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000323-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109083\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000323-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000323-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000323-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000323-942x600.jpg 942w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000323-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000323-1536x978.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000323-2048x1305.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early efforts to locate and identify remains at Babi Yar, 1966. From the Emmanuel (Amik) Diamant Collection, the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at the National Library of Israel (Photo: Joseph Schneider). Click image to enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of these activities were captured on film by Joseph Schneider, a Holocaust survivor, Red Army veteran, anti-Soviet dissident and Zionist activist whose archive also recently came to the CAHJP.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22766\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Joseph_schneider1960.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22766\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Joseph_schneider1960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Joseph_schneider1960.jpg 588w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Joseph_schneider1960-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Joseph_schneider1960-431x600.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Schneider, 1960. From the Joseph Schneider Archive, the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at the National Library of Israel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These photos reveal the grisly yet critical early efforts to better understand the legacy of Babi Yar and remember its victims.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0018.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109077 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0018.jpg 2146w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0018-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0018-839x600.jpg 839w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0018-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0018-1536x1099.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0018-2048x1465.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109074 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0020.jpg 1983w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0020-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0020-841x600.jpg 841w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0020-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/scan0020-1536x1096.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109080\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000319.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109080\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000319.jpg 2124w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000319-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000319-858x600.jpg 858w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000319-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000319-1536x1074.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCF_000319-2048x1432.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early efforts to locate and identify remains at Babi Yar, 1966. From the Emmanuel (Amik) Diamant Collection, the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at the National Library of Israel (Photo: Joseph Schneider). Click images to enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People recently signed an agreement with the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center to share information and resources about Jewish life in Ukraine before the Holocaust, a collaboration which will significantly help scholars better understand the stories of those murdered at Babi Yar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>This article has been published as part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/at-your-service\/nli-in-europe\">Gesher L\u2019Europa<\/a>, the National Library of Israel\u2019s initiative to connect with people, institutions and communities across Europe and beyond, through storytelling, knowledge sharing and community engagement.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For two decades, one of the worst massacres of the Holocaust was all but forgotten<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":109096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[649,1628,1733,309,1779],"tags2":[],"class_list":["post-109070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diaspora","tag-gesherleuropa","tag-russian-jewry","tag-soviet-jewry","tag-theholocaust","tag-ukrainian-jewry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8 - 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