This powerful 35.00-shekel commemorative stamp issued by Israel in 1983 features “Babi Yar”, a moving painting by Yosef Kuzkovski. The artwork memorializes the massacre at Babi Yar, a ravine near Kyiv where tens of thousands of Jews were executed by Nazi forces in September 1941. The stamp’s somber imagery depicts a procession of doomed civilians — men, women, and children — walking toward their deaths, symbolizing both suffering and resilience.

The trilingual inscriptions (Hebrew, Arabic, and English) emphasize Israel’s commitment to remembrance and cultural universality. Issued as part of a series honoring Jewish artists, this stamp stands as a solemn philatelic tribute to Holocaust victims and to art’s role in preserving memory.