![An aerial photograph of Babi Yar taken by the German air force. [LCID: 23809]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/f987b190-c0ff-4b06-9517-becb46277169.jpg "An aerial photograph of Babi Yar taken by the German air force. [LCID: 23809]")
An aerial photograph of Babi Yar taken by the German air force. September 26, 1943.
Item View![Defendant Paul Blobel at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. [LCID: 09921]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/5751c402-a91a-4610-85ef-a3cec8f58e94.jpg "Defendant Paul Blobel at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. [LCID: 09921]")
Defendant Paul Blobel at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, case #9 of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings.
Item View![On September 15, 1947, defendant Paul Blobel pleads not guilty during his arraignment at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. [LCID: 09948]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/59d14bce-00ce-4cf9-b8a8-b87945c2d08e.jpg "On September 15, 1947, defendant Paul Blobel pleads not guilty during his arraignment at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. [LCID: 09948]")
On September 15, 1947, defendant Paul Blobel pleads not guilty during his arraignment at the Einsatzgruppen Trial. Blobel was the commander of the unit responsible for the massacre at Babi Yar (near Kiev). He was convicted by the military tribunal at Nuremberg and sentenced to death. Blobel was hanged at the Landsberg prison on June 8, 1951.
Item View![Portrait of five-year-old Mania Halef, a Jewish child, who was later killed during the mass execution at Babi Yar. [LCID: 03258]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/f6ef0fc5-1a8d-4ef9-bec0-4c028e495264.jpg "Portrait of five-year-old Mania Halef, a Jewish child, who was later killed during the mass execution at Babi Yar. [LCID: 03258]")
Portrait of five-year-old Mania Halef, a Jewish child, who was later killed during the mass execution at Babi Yar.
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1936 portrait of two-year-old Mania Halef, a Jewish child, who was later killed during the mass execution at Babi Yar.
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1935 portrait of three-year-old Anna Glinberg, a Jewish child. She was later killed during the mass execution at Babi Yar.
Item View![Soldiers from unidentified units of Einsatzgruppe (mobile killing squad) C look through the possessions of Jews massacred at Babi ... [LCID: 5057]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/b4eb7224-6110-40f3-a084-bae19b562c37.jpg "Soldiers from unidentified units of Einsatzgruppe (mobile killing squad) C look through the possessions of Jews massacred at Babi ... [LCID: 5057]")
Soldiers from unidentified units of Einsatzgruppe C look through the possessions of Jews massacred at Babi Yar, a ravine near Kiev. Soviet Union, September 29–October 1, 1941.
Item View![At Babi Yar, groups of Jews are forced to hand over their possessions and undress before being shot in the ravine [LCID: 79300]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/129888d8-ead5-43d3-9bef-cf9b5c6573ae.jpg "At Babi Yar, groups of Jews are forced to hand over their possessions and undress before being shot in the ravine [LCID: 79300]")
On September 29-30, 1941, SS and German police units and their auxiliaries, under guidance of members of Einsatzgruppe C, murdered the Jewish population of Kiev at Babi Yar, a ravine northwest of the city.
This photograph shows groups of Jews being forced to hand over their possessions and undress before being shot in the ravine.
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![An aerial photograph of Babi Yar taken by the German air force. [LCID: 23810]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/cb4b5fe9-7624-493b-8980-40660e9ecdbf.jpg "An aerial photograph of Babi Yar taken by the German air force. [LCID: 23810]")