Germans from unidentified units look through the possessions of Jews killed at Babi Yar. [Oversize & regular print]
Overview
- Caption
- Germans from unidentified units look through the possessions of Jews killed at Babi Yar. [Oversize & regular print]
- Date
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1941 September 29 - 1941 October 01
- Locale
- Kiev, [Ukraine] USSR
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Julius Schatz
- Event History
- According to Operational Situational Report USSR No. 106 of 7 October 1941, elements of Einsatzgruppe C, including Sonderkommando 4a and two Kommandos of Police Regiment South, participated in the execution of 33,771 Jews at the Babi Yar ravine on the outskirts of Kiev. The author of the report claims that the action was carried out in response to complaints about Jews by the local population and the Wehrmacht which "approved the measures taken." The report also states that both the local population and the Jews were told the action involved the relocation, not the extermination of local Jews. Orders for Jews to assemble at 6:00 p.m. at an unidentified location were posted throughout the city by Ukrainian collaborators on 29 September and the Jews were then brought to the ravine. As a result, public knowledge "that they were actually liquidated has hardly been made known." The action continued throughout the next day as well.
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005421.
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Julius SchatzErnst Klee Archive
Copyright: Agency Agreement (No Fees)Central State Archives of Film and Photography of Ukraine
Copyright: Exclusively with sourceSource Record ID: 978650 - Published Source
- Gott mit uns: der deutsche Vernichtungskrieg im Osten 1939-1945 - Klee, Ernst, et al. (ed.) - S. Fischer
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