BABI YAR. CONTEXT

Sergei LOZNITSA
  • 2021
  • Special Screenings

On September 29-30,1941, Sonderkommando 4a of the Einsatzgruppe C, assisted by two battalions of the Police Regiment South and Ukrainian Auxiliary Police, and without any resistance from the local population, shot dead in the Babi Yar ravine in the north-west of Kiev 33 771 Jews. The film reconstructs and visualises the historical context of this tragedy through archive footage documenting the German occupation of Ukraine and the subsequent decade. When memory turns into oblivion, when the past overshadows the future, it is the voice of cinema that articulates the truth.

Directed by : Sergei LOZNITSA
Year of production: 2021
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 120 minutes

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  • BABYN YAR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER
    Velyka Vasylkivska, 100
    03150
    KYIV Ukraine
    T: 380 44 233 66 17info@babynyar.org

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