Babyn Yar in Kyiv

On 29–30 September, Nazi occupiers shoot tens of thousands of Kyiv's Jews.

After the capture of Kyiv in September 1941, the Nazi occupiers began the mass murder of the city's Jewish population. Jews were ordered to assemble at a designated place while the true purpose was concealed.

On 29–30 September, Einsatzgruppen units with the participation of other German formations shot tens of thousands of Jews at Babyn Yar. The perpetrators' own records give the figure of 33,771 victims for those two days.

During the occupation, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and other people persecuted by the Nazi authorities were also murdered at Babyn Yar.

Babyn Yar is one of the best-known sites of the Holocaust by bullets. The history of how this crime was remembered is important for understanding both the war and post-war memory politics.

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