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Babyn Yar

From September 29-30, 1941, SS and German police units and their auxiliaries perpetrated one of the largest massacres of World War II at a ravine called Babyn Yar (Babi Yar), located near Kyiv, Ukraine. For the next two years, the Germans continued to use the ravine as a killing site. Explore content related to the mass shootings at Babyn Yar between 1941-1943.  

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A young girl with light skin tone and long dark hair. She is wearing a dark long sleeved dress and has a large bow in her hair.
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1935 portrait of three-year-old Anna Glinberg
A young girl with light skin tone stands against a white background holding a doll out to the left. She is wearing a large bow in her dark brown hair and a light colored jumper, white socks, and dark shoes.
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1936 portrait of two-year-old Mania Halef
An aerial photograph of Babi Yar taken by the German air force. [LCID: 23809]
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Aerial photograph of Babi Yar
An aerial photograph of Babi Yar taken by the German air force. [LCID: 23810]
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Aerial photograph of Babi Yar taken by the German air force
Color photograph of a uniformed soldier with light skin tone kneeling near a pile of multi-colored clothing. They appear to be sorting through the pile closest to them. In the background, there are dozens of piles of clothes and personal belongings forming a long line around the field.
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An SS guard examines clothing of victims of the Babyn Yar mass shootings
A large crowd of people stand in the middle of a field in various states of undress. Piles of possessions are scattered across the field. A few unformed men can be seen threatening the crowd.
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Babi Yar massacre
Babi Yar massacre in Kiev, 1941 [LCID: kie39040]
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Babyn Yar (Babi Yar) massacre in Kiev, 1941
Belongings of a Jewish family murdered at Babyn Yar
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Belongings of a Jewish family murdered at Babyn Yar
Belongings of Jewish victims murdered at Babyn Yar
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Belongings of Jewish victims murdered at Babyn Yar
Belongings of Jews murdered at Babyn Yar
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Belongings of Jews murdered at Babyn Yar
An older man with light skin tone, balding hair, and a light beard stands in front of a microphone being held by a younger uniformed man with light skin tone and short dark hair. The older man is wearing a dark jacket and a pair of headphones with one hand pressed against his left ear. Several other male defendants sit around him in the courtroom.
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Defendant Paul Blobel pleads not guilty at the Einsatzgruppen Trial
Einsatzgruppen activity in the Ukraine [LCID: ukr73030]
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Einsatzgruppen massacre sites in Ukraine and surrounding areas
Einsatzgruppen massacres in eastern Europe, Babi Yar indicated [LCID: kie73060]
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Einsatzgruppen massacres in eastern Europe, Babi Yar indicated
Portrait of five-year-old Mania Halef, a Jewish child, who was later killed during the mass execution at Babi Yar. [LCID: 03258]
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Five-year-old Mania Halef
An aerial photograph of Babi Yar taken by the German air force. [LCID: 23809]
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Mass Shootings at Babyn Yar (Babi Yar)
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Kyiv (Kiev) and Babyn Yar (Babi Yar) - maps

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