The documentary situates the massacre within the broader invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa).
Received a Special Jury Prize (L'Œil d'or) at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival . 📜 Historical Context (September 1941) Babi Yar. Context
Explores complicity, the "Holocaust by Bullets," and the subsequent Soviet attempts to erase the memory of the site. The documentary situates the massacre within the broader
The "context" of Loznitsa’s title also refers to how the event was handled after the war ended. the "Holocaust by Bullets
Avoids traditional voiceover, allowing the raw imagery of the Nazi invasion, the Soviet withdrawal, and the local population's reactions to speak for itself.