Babiy Yar (film)

Babiy Yar (also known as Babij Jar) is a 2003 film directed by Jeff Kanew and starring Michael Degen.[1]

Babiy Yar
Directed byJeff Kanew
StarringMichael Degen
Music byWalter Werzowa
Release date
  • July 3, 2003 (2003-07-03)
Running time
112 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Filmed in Europe and given a limited theatrical release, the film recounts the mass murders in September 1941 of thousands of Jews, Soviet POWs, communists, Gypsies (Romani people) and civilian hostages by German Einsatzgruppen, and Ukrainian nationalist collaborators in the title location, a ravine in Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine).[2]

See also

References
  1. "Babij Jar". The New York Times.
  2. A Museum for Babi Yar, The Jerusalem Post (23 October 2011)


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