Legacy of Babi Yar
Creator(s)
- Central State Film and Photo Archive of Ukraine
Scope and Content
Babi Yar (?). Visitors to mass graves. The ground is covered with a light dusting of snow. Exhumation of bodies. Pan down ravine. Wide angle shot of bodies in a ditch, CU of a skull, propped on top of clothing, the skull still has hair, menacing placement of the skull staring at the camera. Translation of Ukrainian narration: [Abrupt] ...in Babi Yars all over Ukraine: in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kerch, Lviv. Criminals were forced to look at what they had done. [A woman's voice behind the camera. Abrupt.] "The only thing I want to say: all this horror that happened..."
Note(s)
More research is needed to accurately identify the location of this footage.
Subjects
- UKRAINIANS
- ATROCITIES
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY
- BABI YAR
- UKRAINE
- CORPSES
- EXHUMATIONS
Places
- , Ukraine
- , Unknown
Genre
- Film
- Documentary.