Babi Yar. Context -

The "context" of Loznitsa’s title also refers to how the event was handled after the war ended.

Composed entirely of restored black-and-white and color footage from German and Soviet archives. Babi Yar. Context

Directed by Sergei Loznitsa, this film is a "found footage" documentary that reconstructs the events leading up to and following the massacre of over 33,000 Jews in the Babi Yar ravine. The "context" of Loznitsa’s title also refers to

Following the German occupation of Kyiv, a series of explosions set off by Soviet NKVD agents destroyed German-occupied buildings. Following the German occupation of Kyiv, a series

🚩 Babi Yar. Context is less about the act of the massacre itself and more about the visual atmosphere of the time—showing the people, the propaganda, and the terrifyingly "normal" environment in which such an atrocity occurred. The Einsatzgruppen and the Holocaust in Ukraine