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Babi Yar. Context

Nov 04, 2021 | IMDB 6.2

121 min Watch Now

Documentary, History

Nazi troops massacre 30,000 Jews over a three-day period in September 1941. Babyn Yar ravine in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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