"Babyn Yar: The Truth About the Tragedy"

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1991.

Documentary film "Babyn Yar. The Truth About the Tragedy". Contains sensitive content.

In the video: screensavers; historical archival video and photo materials; footage from the archives of the Ministry of Propaganda of Nazi Germany: destroyed post-war Kyiv and during the occupation by German troops, footage of World War II, footage of the resettlement of Jews, the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw; memoirs of witnesses: participant in the defense of Kyiv Helios Mykhailiuk; Halyna Martuzova; Raisa Dashkevych; author of the film Oleksandr Shlayen; Natalia Chekhova; David Eisenberg; journalist Yuriy Chikyrysov.

Author: Oleksandr Shlayen. Director: Volodymyra Georgiyenko.

Reference: the documentary film was created within the framework of the Ukrainian documentary and popular science cinema. It is dedicated to the tragedy of Babyn Yar, the site of mass executions of civilians in Kyiv during the Nazi occupation during World War II.
The film uses archival film footage from the funds of the Ministry of Propaganda of Nazi Germany, which was first shown in this film.
The film was created in 1980 and was shown on screens in different countries of the world. At the same time, Soviet censorship did not allow the authors to tell the truth about Babyn Yar. Therefore, the authors were forced to return to this film after 10 years.