Sept. 29, 1941, the fascists began mass executions in Babi Yar. Ukraine

On September 29-30, 1941, almost the entire Jewish population of Kiev was killed here.

Over these two days, 33771 people were shot in Babi Yar.

The executions were carried out by the Sonderkommando "4a" with the support of the German police and Ukrainian collaborators

The Nazi command reinforced them with the auxiliary police of Ukraine and local collaborators.

In total, 70 up to 200 thousand people were shot in Babi Yar during the occupation.

▪️ Babi Yar is the most tragic Holocaust location in Ukraine. It is often mentioned alongside Auschwitz and Birkenau. On September 29, 1941, the Jews in Kiev were all gathered in one place, taken to the edge of a ravine and shot, one after another.

▪️ Sonderkommando 4a, part of Einsatzgruppe C, was responsible for the massacre. The commander, Paul Blobel, was convicted at the Nuremberg Trials and then executed. Auxiliary police comprising Ukrainian nationalists also took part in murdering Jews.

▪️ Overall, from 1941 to 1943, over 120,000 people were killed in this place. They were mostly Jews, Roma, Poles and Soviet POWs. The mass executions continued until the Red Army liberated Kiev in November 1943.