While the past week has seen much hand-wringing and face-slapping over the embarrassing incident which saw Canada’s parliament applaud a vet who fought for the Nazis, many people may not have realized that the incident had an even deeper resonance because of the timing.This week marks the 82nd anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre — one of the worst shooting massacres of the Holocaust.
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As it happens, Toronto’s Koffler Centre of the Arts in West Queen West opened an exhibit in April to tell the story of the massacre, its sometimes forgotten history, and recent efforts to make sure that those who were murdered are not forgotten. Swiss Architect Manuel Herz created an extraordinary wooden synagogue which is unfolded with a hand crank into the open air every morning and closed down every night in the fashion of a pop-up book. Prayers are painted on the walls and a constellation of flowers on the ceiling shows the stars as they were on the night of the massacre in 1941.
Some of the large murals surrounding the exhibit space show the natural scenery and make one feel as if they are at the site in the forest. Somehow the photos of the area bear an eerie resemblance to many ravines and trails one can find around Toronto. While many people are familiar with the “industrial” type murder of Europe’s Jews in gas chambers and crematoria, “that’s not how it started,” Sargent says.
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