{"product_id":"bitter-war-of-memory-the-babyn-yar-massacre-aftermath-and-commemoration-9781626711136","title":"Bitter War of Memory: The Babyn Yar Massacre, Aftermath, and Commemoration","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitter War of Memory: The Babyn Yar Massacre, Aftermath, and Commemoration\u003c\/i\u003e discusses the Holocaust in Kyiv and the efforts to memorialize the Babyn Yar massacre. Babyn Yar is one of the largest Holocaust sites in the Soviet Union and modern Ukraine, where the Nazis and their collaborators killed virtually all the Jews who remained in the city during the occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Soviet ideology suppressed commemoration of the Holocaust, instead conceptualizing the universal suffering of the Soviet people during the war. Police dispersed unauthorized commemoration meetings of Jewish activists at Babyn Yar. A monument \"for one hundred thousand citizens of Kyiv and prisoners of the war\" was erected in Babyn Yar in 1976, but the Holocaust was not mentioned in its inscription.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the collapse of communism, state anti-Semitism ended. Holocaust commemoration became an important part of national memory politics in independent Ukraine. In the last few decades, over thirty monuments have been built at Babyn Yar, which are dedicated to the memory of Jews, Roma, members of the resistance movement, and other people executed there. However, heated debates continue about the commemoration of the Babyn Yar massacre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Khiterer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Purdue University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626711136","brand":"Purdue University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383849644169,"sku":"9781626711136","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_f3d972db-8501-4b8f-94f3-b18f118509c1.jpg?v=1752013393","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/bitter-war-of-memory-the-babyn-yar-massacre-aftermath-and-commemoration-9781626711136","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}