Russians Bomb Holocaust Memorial in Ukraine

It helped the world understand how genocides are possible, a lesson Putin apparently never learned

Holocaust Memorial outside Kyiv that was bombed by the Russians on March 1, 2022. More.

As a young journalist, I made an unforgettable visit to Babi Yar, in Ukraine, the site of a two-day massacre where 34,000 Jews were murdered in 1941. Because the world largely ignored this genocide, it became an inspiration for the “final solution.” Ukraine was also …