''Babiy Yar'' (also known as ''Babij Jar'') is a 2003 film directed by
Jeff Kanew and starring
Michael Degen.
Filmed in
Europe and given a limited theatrical release, the film recounts the
mass murders in September 1941 of thousands of
Jews,
Soviet POW
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.
Belligerents hold prisoners of war ...
s, communists,
Romani people and civilian hostages by
German ''
Einsatzgruppen
(, ; also ' task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the im ...
'', and
Ukrainian nationalist collaborators in the title location, a ravine in
Kyiv (the capital of
Ukraine).
A Museum for Babi Yar
The Jerusalem Post (23 October 2011)
See also
* Babi Yar
References
External links
*
2003 films
Films directed by Jeff Kanew
English-language Belarusian films
2003 drama films
Holocaust films
Films set in 1941
Films set in the Soviet Union
Films set in Ukraine
Eastern Front of World War II films
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