Ukrainian Jews who were forced to undress before they were massacred by Einsatzgruppe detachments.
This
photo, originally in color, was part of a series taken by a German
military photographer. Copies from this collection were later used as
evidence in war crimes trials. Lubny, Soviet Union, October 16, 1941.
— Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden
Holocaust Social Archive
Yesterday,
a Russian airstrike hit the Holocaust memorial at Babyn Yar in Ukraine.
The memorial is built upon the site of one of the largest massacres of
WWII.
"On September 29–30, 1941, SS and German
police units and their auxiliaries, under the guidance of members of
Einsatzgruppe C, murdered a significant number of the Jewish population
who remained in Kyiv. The massacre occurred at a ravine called Babyn Yar
(sometimes spelled “Babi Yar” in English). At the time, the ravine was
located just outside the city.
The victims
were summoned to the site, forced to undress, and then compelled to
enter the ravine. Sonderkommando 4a, a special detachment from
Einsatzgruppe C under SS-Standartenführer Paul Blobel, shot them in
small groups. According to reports sent to the Einsatzgruppen View This
Term in the Glossary headquarters in Berlin, 33,771 Jews were massacred
during this two-day period.
The massacre at
Babyn Yar was one of many mass shootings perpetrated by the Nazi Germans
beginning in 1941. It was also one of the largest mass killings at a
single location during World War II. " (USHMM)
This
photo, originally in color, was part of a series taken by a German
military photographer. Copies from this collection were later used as
evidence in war crimes trials. Lubny, Soviet Union, October 16, 1941.
— Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden
Holocaust Social Archive
Yesterday,
a Russian airstrike hit the Holocaust memorial at Babyn Yar in Ukraine.
The memorial is built upon the site of one of the largest massacres of
WWII.
"On September 29–30, 1941, SS and German
police units and their auxiliaries, under the guidance of members of
Einsatzgruppe C, murdered a significant number of the Jewish population
who remained in Kyiv. The massacre occurred at a ravine called Babyn Yar
(sometimes spelled “Babi Yar” in English). At the time, the ravine was
located just outside the city.
The victims
were summoned to the site, forced to undress, and then compelled to
enter the ravine. Sonderkommando 4a, a special detachment from
Einsatzgruppe C under SS-Standartenführer Paul Blobel, shot them in
small groups. According to reports sent to the Einsatzgruppen View This
Term in the Glossary headquarters in Berlin, 33,771 Jews were massacred
during this two-day period.
The massacre at
Babyn Yar was one of many mass shootings perpetrated by the Nazi Germans
beginning in 1941. It was also one of the largest mass killings at a
single location during World War II. " (USHMM)
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