The Monument to the Children Shot in Babi Yar (or the Monument to the Children Destroyed in Babi Yar [1] ) is a small monument in memory of those whose life was cut short during the Second World War before they managed to grow up.
| Monument | |
| Monument to children shot at Babi Yar | |
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| Monument to Rosstrilyanim at Babinom Yar dіtyam | |
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| A country |  Ukraine |
| Location | Kiev , Babi Yar (Elena Teligi St., metro Dorogozhichi) |
| Project Author | Sculptor: V. Medvedev , architect: Yu. Melnichuk (with the participation of R. Kukharenko) |
| Construction | ? - installed September 30, 2001 |
According to scientists, about 150,000 Jews (residents of Kiev , as well as other Ukrainian cities [2] [3] , were executed in Babi Yar , but this number does not include young children under three years of age who were also killed but not counted [4] ) Bullets often spared children, and instead of being shot, they were usually buried alive or killed with batons.
A number of researchers believe that more than 150,000 were killed [5] [6] . The number of children who were able to escape from Babyn Yar from tens of thousands of those killed was less than ten .
The monument was erected on September 30, 2001 [7] . Sculptor Valery Medvedev , architect Yuri Melnichuk (with the participation of R. Bukharenko).
These atrocities were carried out mainly by collaborators and the Einsatzgruppe C unit.
Notes
- ↑ What the Babi Yar Nature Reserve will look like, even Yushchenko doesn't know yet
- ↑ Babi Yar: September 29, 1941 (unavailable link) . Date of treatment July 15, 2012. Archived November 20, 2012.
- ↑ Babi Yar
- ↑ Pain of Babi Yar - memory of souls and hearts
- ↑ "There are no monuments over Babi Yar." Continuation
- ↑ Miletsky A. Influxes of memory. - Jerusalem, "Philobiblon", 1998. - S. 37.
- ↑ Monuments erected in and around Babi Yar. Virtual Museum of Babiy Yar.