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Ukraine holds historical exhibition to mark 75th anniversary of Nazi massacre

Xinhua, September 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

An historical exhibition entitled "The Road of Death" has recently opened in the Ukrainian capital to mark the 75th anniversary of the massacre of about 150,000 Nazi victims in Babi Yar.

The exhibition, which is held in the Museum of History of Ukraine in World War II, features more than 500 exhibits, including authentic photos and documents as well as personal belongings of the victims.

Furthermore, dozens of modern art installations revealing the brutality of the Babi Yar massacre are displayed at the exhibition.

Babi Yar, a ravine in Kiev, was a site of a series of massacres carried out by the Nazis during their campaign against the former Soviet Union during WWII.

The most notorious and best documented of these massacres took place on Sept. 29, 1941, wherein 33,771 Jews were killed in a single operation.

Nadiya Smolyarchuk, the head of the research department at the museum, said that the main aim of the exhibition is to provide a vivid picture of Kiev during WWII.

"For us, it is a major tragedy -- a tragedy for Kiev city, a tragedy for Ukraine. For Jewish people who live in Ukraine it is a tremendous source of heartbreak and pain even today," Smolyarchuk said.

The exhibition runs until Nov. 26. Endi