The Ravine of Memory

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Shay A. Pilnik is the director of the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University in New York City. Formerly, Pilnik was the executive director of the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He holds a PhD in modern Jewish studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary.

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The Nazis and their collaborators buried over 100,000 victims at Babyn Yar, a ravine in modern-day Ukraine. Most of the individuals were Jewish, making this area one of the most infamous mass murder sites in history. This book starts when the travesty ends, telling the story of the ravine's memory and forgetting in Soviet literature and culture.