![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)
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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