Events at Stanford
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16:48 Jan 20, 2022
Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2022. 5:00 PM. Location: Zoom Stanford's Taube Center for Jewish Studies, the Department of History, the Center for Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies, and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures invite you to an important talk by Dr. Martin Dean, a researcher for the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center. Shadows from the Valley of Death: Following the Evidence from Babyn Yar and Incorporating Jewish Responses Dr. Dean will examine the complex history of the Babyn Yar ravine, where more than 33,000 Jewish men, women, and children were shot by units of the German SS and Police in just two days. Incorporating new research and images from the 3-D model constructed by the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center (BYHMC), the presentation will reconstruct the landscape as it existed on September 29-30, 1941, and describe the route taken by the Jews into the ravine. Using numerous witness testimonies and key photographic images, Dr. Dean will discuss reactions among Ky...