SS guards search through clothing of victims of the Babyn Yar mass shootings
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SS guards search through clothing of victims of the Babyn Yar mass shootings

SS men search through massive piles of clothing belonging to the more than 33,000 Jews murdered at the nearby Babyn Yar killing site. The SS forced the victims to undress and leave their belongings behind. The Jews were then marched or driven to the shooting site. Kyiv (Kiev), German-occupied Soviet Union, after September 30, 1941. 

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