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Title: Hamburg Institute for Social Research, wartime photo-documents, 1939-1945

Predominant Dates:1933 -- 1945

ID: RG-70/RG-70

Primary Creator: German Military Photographers (1939-1945)

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Subjects: Babi Yar (Kiev, Ukraine), Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30 September 1941, photo-documents, Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30September 1941, Execution of Jews at Babi Yar, Holocaust in Ukraine, Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941, Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941, photo-documents, Mass extermination of Kievan Jews, September -- October 1941

Abstract

This Collection comprises photographs taken by German military photographers in the aftermath of Babi Yark Massacre in Kiev, perpatrated on 29 -- 30 September 1941.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

These five photographs reflect the aftermath of the massacre that is the view of the ravine, as well it shows German soldiers, Ukrainian policemen who cover the victims with soil and sand. The other photographs show victims' cloth in abundance. Ond photograph shows the German officers standing on the edge of the ravine.

Collection Historical Note

This is a collection of the photo-documents depicting the tragedy of Babi Yar. The photographs were duplicated with the permission and copyright clearness of the Hamburg Institute for Social Research.

The Hamburg Institute for Social Research is an independent private foundation whose scholarship is focused on both contemporary history and the social sciences. Founded in 1984 by Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Reemtsma, it currently employ's around 50% people with roughly 50% working in the research fields of sociology and history. The institute publishes a bimonthly journal called Mittelweg 36 and has its own publishing house.

The institutes journal was first published in 1992 and allows readers to follow ongoing research projects at the institute. In its first decade the journal has garnered interest not only in the academic community but also has a number of non academic readers.

In the late 1990`s the institute began a controversial exhibition titled "War of Extermination: Crimes of the Wehrmacht 1941-1944" which toured Germany until 1999.

RG-70.01, Babi Yar, aftermath of the massacre, three German officers

RG-70.02, Babi Yar, German soldiers and Ukrainian policemen cover the victims by soil and sand

RG-70.03, Babi Yar, German soldiers looking through the multiple pieces of cloth left by the victims

RG-70.04, Babi Yar, Two local women taking to a German soldier at the ravine

RG-70.05, Babi Yar, Three German officers on the edge of the revine

Biographical Note

Photographers within the German army, police, or security forces.

Subject/Index Terms

Babi Yar (Kiev, Ukraine)
Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30 September 1941, photo-documents
Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30September 1941
Execution of Jews at Babi Yar
Holocaust in Ukraine
Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941
Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941, photo-documents
Mass extermination of Kievan Jews, September -- October 1941

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Document/Artifact of Item-Level:

[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-70.01, Babi Yar, aftermath of the massacre, three German officers, September 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-70.02, Babi Yar, German soldiers and Ukrainian policemen cover the victims by soil and sand, September 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-70.03, Babi Yar, German soldiers looking through the multiple pieces of cloth left by the victims, September 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-70.04, Babi Yar, Two local women taking to a German soldier at the ravine, September 1941],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-70.05, Babi Yar, Three German officers on the edge of the ravine, September 1941],
[All]

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-70.01, Babi Yar, aftermath of the massacre, three German officers, September 1941

A photograph of the aftermath of the massacre at Babi Yar, where three German officers can be seen above the ravine.

Subject/Index Terms:: Hamburg Institute for Social Research; Kiev (Ukraine); Kiev (Ukraine: 1940-1945); Ukraine (1939-1945); Babi Yar (Kiev, Ukraine); Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30September 1941; Execution of Jews at Babi Yar; Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941; Mass executions; Nazi-perpetrated massacres; Photographs, Nazi-perpetrated massacres and atrocities; anti-Jewish atrocities, Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Nazi-German atrocities; Nazi atrocities; Wartime atrocities and mass killing, Second World War; Extermination of Jews; Mass extermination of Kievan Jews, September -- October 1941; Mass extermination sites, 1939 -- 1945; Crimes of the Nazi Regime against the Jewish communities in Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Evidences of Nazi-German crimes against humanity, peace and warcrimes; German-Nazi crimes in occupied countries of Europe; Nazi crimes against humanity, peace, and war crimes; Photographs; Photo-documents, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; wartime photographs; Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30 September 1941, photo-documents; Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941, photo-documents; Photographs, executions; Photo-documents and evidences of Nazi crimes against humanity and war crimes, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs depicting Nazi crimes in Euroupe

Creators:: Hamburg Institute for Social Research; Secondary Repositories

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-70.02, Babi Yar, German soldiers and Ukrainian policemen cover the victims by soil and sand, September 1941

A photograph of German soldiers and Ukrainian policemen covering the victims of Babi Yar by soil and sand.

Subject/Index Terms:: Hamburg Institute for Social Research; German Soldiers; Soldiers, German; Collaboration between Ukrainian auxiliary police and German authorities, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian Auxiliary Police; Ukrainian National Police Force; Ukrainian police in Kiev; Kiev (Ukraine); Kiev (Ukraine: 1940-1945); Ukraine (1939-1945); Babi Yar (Kiev, Ukraine); Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30September 1941; Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30 September 1941, photo-documents; Execution of Jews; Execution of Jews at Babi Yar; Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941; Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941, photo-documents; Mass executions; Nazi-perpetrated massacres; Photographs, Nazi-perpetrated massacres and atrocities; anti-Jewish atrocities, Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Nazi-German atrocities; Nazi atrocities; Wartime atrocities and mass killing, Second World War; Extermination of Jews; Mass extermination of Kievan Jews, September -- October 1941; Mass extermination sites, 1939 -- 1945; Crimes of the Nazi Regime against the Jewish communities in Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Evidences of Nazi-German crimes against humanity, peace and warcrimes; German-Nazi crimes in occupied countries of Europe; Nazi crimes against humanity, peace, and war crimes; Photographs; Photo-documents, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; wartime photographs; Photographs, executions; Photo-documents and evidences of Nazi crimes against humanity and war crimes, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs depicting Nazi crimes in Euroupe

Creators:: Hamburg Institute for Social Research; Secondary Repositories

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-70.03, Babi Yar, German soldiers looking through the multiple pieces of cloth left by the victims, September 1941

A photograph of German soldiers and Ukrainian policemen looking through the multiple pieces of clothing left by victims of Babi Yar.

Subject/Index Terms:: Hamburg Institute for Social Research; German Soldiers; Soldiers, German; Collaboration between Ukrainian auxiliary police and German authorities, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian Auxiliary Police; Ukrainian National Police Force; Ukrainian police in Kiev; Kiev (Ukraine); Kiev (Ukraine: 1940-1945); Ukraine (1939-1945); Babi Yar (Kiev, Ukraine); Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30September 1941; Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30 September 1941, photo-documents; Execution of Jews; Execution of Jews at Babi Yar; Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941; Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941, photo-documents; Mass executions; Nazi-perpetrated massacres; Photographs, Nazi-perpetrated massacres and atrocities; anti-Jewish atrocities, Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Nazi-German atrocities; Nazi atrocities; Wartime atrocities and mass killing, Second World War; Extermination of Jews; Mass extermination of Kievan Jews, September -- October 1941; Mass extermination sites, 1939 -- 1945; Crimes of the Nazi Regime against the Jewish communities in Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Evidences of Nazi-German crimes against humanity, peace and warcrimes; German-Nazi crimes in occupied countries of Europe; Nazi crimes against humanity, peace, and war crimes; Photographs; Photo-documents, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; wartime photographs; Photographs, executions; Photo-documents and evidences of Nazi crimes against humanity and war crimes, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs depicting Nazi crimes in Euroupe

Creators:: Hamburg Institute for Social Research; Secondary Repositories

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-70.04, Babi Yar, Two local women taking to a German soldier at the ravine, September 1941

A photograph of two local women talking to a German soldier at the ravine after Babi Yar.

Subject/Index Terms:: Hamburg Institute for Social Research; German Soldiers; Soldiers, German; Collaboration between Ukrainian auxiliary police and German authorities, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian Auxiliary Police; Ukrainian National Police Force; Ukrainian police in Kiev; Kiev (Ukraine); Kiev (Ukraine: 1940-1945); Ukraine (1939-1945); Babi Yar (Kiev, Ukraine); Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30September 1941; Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30 September 1941, photo-documents; Execution of Jews; Execution of Jews at Babi Yar; Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941; Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941, photo-documents; Mass executions; Nazi-perpetrated massacres; Photographs, Nazi-perpetrated massacres and atrocities; anti-Jewish atrocities, Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Nazi-German atrocities; Nazi atrocities; Wartime atrocities and mass killing, Second World War; Extermination of Jews; Mass extermination of Kievan Jews, September -- October 1941; Mass extermination sites, 1939 -- 1945; Crimes of the Nazi Regime against the Jewish communities in Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Evidences of Nazi-German crimes against humanity, peace and warcrimes; German-Nazi crimes in occupied countries of Europe; Nazi crimes against humanity, peace, and war crimes; Photographs; Photo-documents, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; wartime photographs; Photographs, executions; Photo-documents and evidences of Nazi crimes against humanity and war crimes, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs depicting Nazi crimes in Euroupe

Creators:: Hamburg Institute for Social Research; Secondary Repositories

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-70.05, Babi Yar, Three German officers on the edge of the ravine, September 1941

A photograph of three German officers standing on the edge of a ravine after Babi Yar.

Subject/Index Terms:: Hamburg Institute for Social Research; German Soldiers; Soldiers, German; Collaboration between Ukrainian auxiliary police and German authorities, 1941 -- 1945; Ukrainian Auxiliary Police; Ukrainian National Police Force; Ukrainian police in Kiev; Kiev (Ukraine); Kiev (Ukraine: 1940-1945); Ukraine (1939-1945); Babi Yar (Kiev, Ukraine); Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30September 1941; Babi Yar Massacre, 29 -- 30 September 1941, photo-documents; Execution of Jews; Execution of Jews at Babi Yar; Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941; Massacre of Jews by German soldiers and Ukrainian police in Babi Yar, Kiev, 1941, photo-documents; Mass executions; Nazi-perpetrated massacres; Photographs, Nazi-perpetrated massacres and atrocities; anti-Jewish atrocities, Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Nazi-German atrocities; Nazi atrocities; Wartime atrocities and mass killing, Second World War; Extermination of Jews; Mass extermination of Kievan Jews, September -- October 1941; Mass extermination sites, 1939 -- 1945; Crimes of the Nazi Regime against the Jewish communities in Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Evidences of Nazi-German crimes against humanity, peace and warcrimes; German-Nazi crimes in occupied countries of Europe; Nazi crimes against humanity, peace, and war crimes; Photographs; Photo-documents, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; wartime photographs; Photographs, executions; Photo-documents and evidences of Nazi crimes against humanity and war crimes, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs depicting Nazi crimes in Euroupe

Creators:: Hamburg Institute for Social Research; Secondary Repositories