Office of the Colorado Attorney General
09/30/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/30/2026 15:58
Attorney General Weiser commemorates Babi Yar massacre, calls for united stand against antisemitism
Attorney General Weiser commemorates Babi Yar massacre, calls for united stand against antisemitism
Sep. 30, 2026 (DENVER) - Attorney General Phil Weiser joined leaders from the Jewish community and others at Congregation Rodef Shalom today to commemorate the anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the largest mass murders at a single location during the Holocaust.
At the annual event, hosted by the Mizel Museum, Attorney General Weiser delivered a poignant keynote address titled "United Against Hate: The Imperative to Confront Antisemitism," which emphasized the responsibility to recognize antisemitism, reject bigotry, and stand together before hatred escalates into violence.
"The lessons of Babi Yar remind us what can happen when hatred is normalized, minimized, or allowed to divide us," Attorney General Weiser told the crowd. "Our responsibility today is to stand together, protect one another, and make clear that hate against any community has no place in Colorado."
Read the attorney general's full remarks.
Attorney General Weiser's personal connection to the Holocaust lent gravity to the ceremony. His mother, one of the youngest living survivors, was liberated by the U.S. Army five days after she was born in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
On September 29-30, 1941, nearly 34,000 Jews were executed at the Babi Yar ravine near Kyiv in Nazi-occupied Ukraine-one of the largest mass murders at a single location during World War II. Between 1941 and 1943, thousands more, including Jews, Roma, Communists, and Soviet prisoners of war, were tragically also murdered there, increasing the estimated total death toll to be over 100,000 individuals. Millions more Jews and other ethnic minorities were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Denver's Babi Yar Memorial Park honors those victims.
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