Caption | Captured German photograph showing civilians being executed at the Babi Yar ravine, Kyiv, Ukraine, late 1941 to 1942 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseWikimedia Commons | ||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Anonymous says:
29 Jan 2015 11:21:50 PM
They don't look German to me either. My first assumption was a staged Russian propaganda photograph.
29 Jan 2015 11:21:50 PM
They don't look German to me either. My first assumption was a staged Russian propaganda photograph.
3. Sig says:
26 Jun 2016 06:23:35 AM
Looks like NKVD units, but it doesn't matter just blame it on the Germans.
26 Jun 2016 06:23:35 AM
Looks like NKVD units, but it doesn't matter just blame it on the Germans.
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21 Jun 2012 10:48:29 PM
those soldiers don't look german. In fact they look Russian to me. Anyone else think so?