The film includes footage from the trial of 15 Nazis and collaborators, which helped bring the details of the massacre to light.
The documentary situates the massacre within the broader invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa). Babi Yar. Context
Following the German occupation of Kyiv, a series of explosions set off by Soviet NKVD agents destroyed German-occupied buildings. The film includes footage from the trial of
Abstract: After the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the Wehrmacht occupied much of the western Soviet regions. Gettysburg College Abstract: After the Nazi invasion of the Soviet
Received a Special Jury Prize (L'Œil d'or) at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival . 📜 Historical Context (September 1941)
The German military command used these explosions as a pretext to "liquidate" the Jewish population of Kyiv.
Composed entirely of restored black-and-white and color footage from German and Soviet archives.