Bykivnia: How grave robbers, activists, and foreigners ended official silence about Stalin's mass graves near Kiev

Karel C. Berkhoff

doi:10.7228/manchester/9780719097560.003.0003

Bykivnia: How grave robbers, activists, and foreigners ended official silence about Stalin's mass graves near Kiev

Karel C. Berkhoff^*

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NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide studies

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Abstract

The chapter will show how both the Soviet authorities and the leaders of independent Ukraine attempted to block real investigation and commemoration at the hamlet of Bykivnia, where the NKVD buried murdered bodies from 1939-1941. The chapter will look into how their attempts failed due to pressure from within—grave robbers and activists—and, especially, without—Germany and Poland. Following this account, details about the little-known Nazi and Soviet exhumations at the site will be examined.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human Remains and Identification
Subtitle of host publication	Mass Violence, Genocide, and the 'Forensic Turn'
Editors	Élisabeth Anstett, Jean-Marc Dreyfus
Place of Publication	Manchester
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Pages	59-82
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9781784991968
ISBN (Print)	9780719097560
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9780719097560.003.0003
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Name	Human Remains and Violence
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Volume	[4]

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Berkhoff, K. C. (2015). Bykivnia: How grave robbers, activists, and foreigners ended official silence about Stalin's mass graves near Kiev. In É. Anstett, & J.-M. Dreyfus (Eds.), Human Remains and Identification: Mass Violence, Genocide, and the 'Forensic Turn' (pp. 59-82). (Human Remains and Violence; Vol. [4]). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9780719097560.003.0003

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Berkhoff, KC 2015, Bykivnia: How grave robbers, activists, and foreigners ended official silence about Stalin's mass graves near Kiev. in É Anstett & J-M Dreyfus (eds), Human Remains and Identification: Mass Violence, Genocide, and the 'Forensic Turn'. Human Remains and Violence, vol. [4], Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 59-82. https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9780719097560.003.0003

Bykivnia: How grave robbers, activists, and foreigners ended official silence about Stalin's mass graves near Kiev. / Berkhoff, Karel C.
Human Remains and Identification: Mass Violence, Genocide, and the 'Forensic Turn'. ed. / Élisabeth Anstett; Jean-Marc Dreyfus. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015. p. 59-82 (Human Remains and Violence; Vol. [4]).

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