The documentary situates the massacre within the broader invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa).
On September 29–30, 1941, 33,771 Jews were marched to the Babi Yar ravine and shot by the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads). Babi Yar. Context
Avoids traditional voiceover, allowing the raw imagery of the Nazi invasion, the Soviet withdrawal, and the local population's reactions to speak for itself. The documentary situates the massacre within the broader
Following the German occupation of Kyiv, a series of explosions set off by Soviet NKVD agents destroyed German-occupied buildings. Following the German occupation of Kyiv, a series
Composed entirely of restored black-and-white and color footage from German and Soviet archives.
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa, this film is a "found footage" documentary that reconstructs the events leading up to and following the massacre of over 33,000 Jews in the Babi Yar ravine.
The German military command used these explosions as a pretext to "liquidate" the Jewish population of Kyiv.