The Babi Yar Massacre, which occurred over two days in September 1941,

 

The Babi Yar Massacre, which occurred over two days in September 1941, remains one of the most horrific examples of mass murder during the Holocaust. In Kyiv, Ukraine, nearly 34,000 Jews, including men, women, and children, were rounded up by Nazi Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units) and local Ukrainian collaborators. They were marched to the Babi Yar ravine on the outskirts of the city, where they were forced to undress, herded to the edge of the ravine, and shot in cold blood. Their bodies were left in mass graves.

This atrocity marked the beginning of systematic mass executions in the occupied Soviet Union, and it foreshadowed even more widespread killing across Eastern Europe. The brutal scale of the massacre was compounded by the fact that it took place in the heart of a major city, with the killings being carried out in full view of civilians and the surrounding community. Despite attempts by Soviet authorities to suppress the memory of Babi Yar and its horrors, the massacre eventually became a symbol of Nazi brutality and collaboration. It was memorialized in literature, art, and history, standing as a stark reminder of the depths of human cruelty during the Holocaust.

1941年9月，巴比雅爾大屠殺持續了兩天，至今仍是納粹大屠殺中最駭人聽聞的大規模謀殺案之一。在烏克蘭基輔，近34,000名猶太人，包括男女老幼，被納粹別動隊（流動殺戮隊）和當地烏克蘭合作者圍捕。他們被押送到城郊的巴比雅爾峽谷，被迫脫光衣服，被驅趕到峽谷邊緣，遭到冷血槍殺。屍體被棄置於萬人坑中。 這場暴行標誌著被佔領的蘇聯開始系統性地進行大規模處決，也預示著東歐地區將發生更大規模的屠殺。這場屠殺的殘酷程度也體現在它發生在主要城市的中心地帶，屠殺過程完全在平民和周邊居民的眼皮底下進行。儘管蘇聯當局試圖抹去人們對巴比雅爾大屠殺及其恐怖行徑的記憶，但這場大屠殺最終還是成為了納粹暴行和勾結的象徵。它被寫入文學、藝術和歷史文獻，成為納粹大屠殺期間人類殘忍程度的鮮明見證。 1941 Nián 9 yuè, bā bǐ yǎ ěr dà túshā chíxùle liǎng tiān, zhìjīn réng