Captured German photograph showing civilians being executed at the Babi Yar ravine, Kyiv, Ukraine, late 1941 to 1942

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Caption     Captured German photograph showing civilians being executed at the Babi Yar ravine, Kyiv, Ukraine, late 1941 to 1942 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Kyiv, Ukraine
Date  1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 991 x 641 pixels



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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Anonymous says:
21 Jun 2012 10:48:29 PM

those soldiers don't look german. In fact they look Russian to me. Anyone else think so?
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.
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.

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