A trio of movies offers radically different ideas about identity, memory, and the significance of forgetting
On the 80th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, hearing rare stories of survival from the Holocaust-era Soviet territories
How Russian movie director Ilya Khrzhanovsky took control of Ukraine’s Babyn Yar Memorial Project, and what should or can be done about it
In Kyiv, the first meeting between the two world leaders of Jewish descent was short on accomplishments but big on symbolism
The tragedy of the Lakota, an indigenous people crushed and deprived of land and liberty, unable even to grieve their own tragedy, was once the Jewish story, too
Symbolic commemoration of a massacre is subsumed in national politics
76 years after the single largest massacre of Jews in the Holocaust, the site continues to inspire acts of humanity and courage
As ceremonies in Kiev commemorating the victims of the Babi Yar massacre draw to a close, a number of speeches by Ukrainian dignitaries have brought the atrocity into a clear, historical focus
Seventy-five years after the massacre at Babi Yar, a moment of reckoning, a lesson in awareness and forgiveness, and a path toward redemption
Numerous Ukrainian Jewish figures gave impassioned speeches in Ukraine’s parliament, including Israeli President Reuven Rivlin
A wedding present, a family history, and Ukraine’s dark 20th century, 75 years after Babi Yar
75 years after a little-known massacre, another memorial in Eastern Europe is erected to obfuscate the history of World War II
The Ukrainian monument overlooks the ravine where nearly 34,000 Jews were killed in 1941
In advance of the 70th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, an exhibition features the paintings of Felix Lembersky, who defied the Soviet regime and depicted the event as a Jewish tragedy