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

Caption     Captured German photograph showing civilians being executed at the Babi Yar ravine, Kyiv, Ukraine, late 1941 to 1942 ww2dbase
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Photos at Same Place Kyiv, Ukraine
Added By C. Peter Chen

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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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WW2-Era Place Name Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
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