Tragedy at Babyn Yar

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1981.

Telefilm "Babyn Yar. "Lessons of History" is dedicated to the mass murder of civilians during World War II in Babyn Yar.

On the video: landscapes of Kyiv in the 1970s–1980s, panoramas of the city; Babyn Yar tract, various plans; propaganda plot dedicated to the Third Reich, German newsreel; photographs of executions of civilians in Babyn Yar, mass graves.

Evgenia Batashova, an eyewitness to the tragedy, shares her memories; military journalist Boris Polevoy talks about the Nuremberg Trials and responsibility for crimes.

The film is dubbed in russian languages. The film contains elements of Soviet propaganda and sensitive content.

The text is read by poet Vitaly Korotich.

Reference: Babyn Yar is the site of mass murders committed by representatives of the Nazi occupation authorities in Kyiv in 1941–1943, where tens of thousands of people were killed, primarily Jews, and also Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, underground fighters and civilians. Direct executions at the end of September 1941 were carried out under the leadership of SS Standartenführer Paul Blobel with the support of German police battalions. Today, the Babyn Yar tragedy is officially recognized in Ukraine and the international community as one of the key events of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe and the object of state and international memorialization.