2073) 80 Years since the Babyn Yar Massacres by the Nazi War Machine, Ukraine: Two Coins in the denominations of 10 and 5 Hryvnias issued by the National Bank of Ukraine paying a tribute to the victims of the Nazi Barbaric Ideology: Date of Coins issue: 27.09.2021:
What happened at Babyn Yar during the period of Nazi Barbaric ideology in World War II:
"Babi Yar" (Ukrainian: Бабин Яр, "Babyn Yar" or "Babin Yar"; Russian: Бабий Яр, "Babiy Yar") is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II.
The first and best documented of the massacres took place on 29–30.09.1941, in which approximately 33,771 Jews were killed. The decision to kill all the Jews in Kyiv was made by the military governor Generalmajor Kurt Eberhard, the Police Commander for Army Group South, SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln, and the Einsatzgruppe C Commander Otto Rasch.
Sonderkommando 4a as the sub-unit of Einsatzgruppe C, along with the help of the SD and the 45th Batallion of the German Order Police along with the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police backed by the Wehrmacht, carried out the orders. Servicemen of the 303rd Battalion of the German Order Police guarded the outer perimeter of the execution site.
The massacre was the largest mass killing under the major crimes of the Nazi regime and its collaborators during its campaign against the Soviet Union, and it has been called "the largest single massacre in the history of the Holocaust" to that particular date.
It is only surpassed overall by the later 1941 "Odessa massacre" of more than 50,000 Jews in 10/1941 (committed by German and Romanian troops), and by "Aktion Erntefest" in 11/1943 in occupied Poland with 42,000–43,000 victims.
Victims of other massacres at the site included Soviet prisoners of war, communists, Ukrainian nationalists and Roma. It is estimated that between 100,000 and 150,000 people were killed at Babi Yar during the German occupation.
The Coins:
Two Coins have been issued by the National Bank of Ukraine in the denominations of 10 Uah and 5 Uah.
These coin issued by the National Bank of Ukraine commemorate 80 years since the tragedy that occurred in the Babyn Yar area in Kyiv during World War II.
From 09/1941 until the end of 09/1943, regular mass shootings and burials took place there. The Babyn Yar area is the grave site of over 100,000 people. The victims of the Nazis were mostly Jews, but also Gypsies, Ukrainians and other nationalities.
To the left is the angled denominational/face value "10" or "5 ГРИВЕНЬ" ("10 or 5 Hryvnias").
In the center, against the background of concentric circles that resemble a target and a fragment of a topographic image of the Babyn Yar area that resembles blood splashes, is the following stylized composition: a heart with a bullet hole in it.
There are the following legends: "БАБИН ЯР 1941" ("Babyn Yar 1941") in a semicircular inscription (above) and the coin’s issue year – "2021" (below);
Above, to the left is the mint mark of the NBU’s Banknote Printing and Minting Works.
On the Reverse of the 10 Uah (Hryvnias) and 5 Uah (Hryvnias) Silver Coins there is the following composition depicting the Babyn Yar tragedy -
Anthropomorphic figures that appear to be lying underground and that symbolize families who have been shot dead.
Above is the following legend: "80-ТІ РОКОВИНИ/ТРАГЕДІЇ В БАБИНОМУ ЯРУ" (meaning "80 years since the Babyn Yar tragedy").
i) The specifications of the 5 Uah (Hryvnia) Coin are:
Country of issue: Ukraine; Year: 27.09.2021; Coin Theme: "80 Years since the Babyn Yar massacres"; Denomination/Face Value: 5 Uah; Metal Composition: Silver (Ag); Weight: 16.54 grams; Diameter/Size: 38.60 mm; Coin Quality: Special Uncirculated (SU); Mintage: 20,000 pieces; Edge: Corrugated; Designer(s): Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk; Sculptor/Engravers – Volodymyr Demianenko, Volodymyr Atamanchuk; Computer-aided design by: Yurii Lukianov
ii) The specifications of the 10 Uah (Hryvnia) Coin are:
Country of issue: Ukraine; Date/Year: 27.09.2021; Coin Theme: "80 Years since the Babyn Yar massacres"; Denomination/Face Value: 10 Uah; Metal Composition: Silver (Ag); Weight: 1.00 Oz or 31.1 grams; Diameter/Size: 35.0 mm; Coin Quality: Special Uncirculated (SU); Mintage: 3,000 pieces; Edge: Corrugated; Designer(s): Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk; Sculptor/Engravers: Volodymyr Demianenko, Volodymyr Atamanchuk; Computer-aided design by: Yurii Lukianov
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