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.000 JewsKiev Ditch, 9, mHKGMMOUKIEV, Bu»ai», Vi* Mo* %, Nov. 29 W — About ve miles outside Kiev to the uth not far from the Dnie* er river is one' of the mosttoday.It U called “Babii Yar (Wench’s ivine).”. There, the Russians say* ;tween 80,000 and 80,000 Jew* we** Hied, by .the Nazis and their bodies9 * ' tre later burned.I have been there, but I’ll let the tory tell itself.We first were escorted there by Prof. Pavel Aloshin, the chief anzhi-•tect for the reconstruction of he Ukraine. .CAN’T EXPLAIN IT, . *1 want you to see Babii Yar,n he said. “I can’t explain it, and I can’t explain Why the Germans did such a thing.”We got but of our cars and walked over a trench which the Germans had thrown, up to defend the highway when the Red army drove upon Kiev from the south. Beyond the trench was a ravine about 40 feet deep, about 100 feet wide and about a half rolie long where it ran into adeeper, wider ravine.He did not know why it was call-Ved MBabii Yar.ic11kr-v “In September, 1941,” said Alosh-^in, thousands of Jews were brought here. Their clothes were removed and in small groups they were inawed . down by automatic gunners.were' buried^W®*tir they were dug up and burned, by (Continued on Last Page)
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Gallup Independent
Gallup, New Mexico, US
Mon, Nov 29, 1943
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Grace P.
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