“The Corpses in the Ravine Were Women, Men, and Children”: Written Testimonies from 1941 on the Babi Yar Massacre
This research note brings to light important primary sources on Babi Yar: two testimonies written for the NKVD in 1941 by non-Jewish Soviet citizens who had spent time in occupied Kiev. Although problematic in various ways, these testimonies offer details not found elsewhere about the murder of Kiev...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 251-274 |
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| Summary: | This research note brings to light important primary sources on Babi Yar: two testimonies written for the NKVD in 1941 by non-Jewish Soviet citizens who had spent time in occupied Kiev. Although problematic in various ways, these testimonies offer details not found elsewhere about the murder of Kiev's Jews. The research note also traces how subsequent NKVD reports and Soviet press articles used the two documents. This close examination reveals editorial cuts, additions, and other changes—and, in one case, a lack of concern with accuracy even when the NKVD passed on the information in a classified report for Stalin. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcv030 |