Babi Yar: Critical Questions and Comments

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The subject of 'Babi Yar' is confusing in many respects. For a general overview, this brief summary shall therefore identify the major problem areas:

1. The mass murder at Babi Yar took place almost four months prior to the Wannsee Conference, where the killing was allegedly first planned.

2. Widely divergent dates are given for the murder.

3. Depending on the source, the number of victims varies by as much as two orders of magnitude.

4. Widely different methods and weapons are alleged for the murders.

5. There is also no consensus on where the killings took place.

6. The witnesses, or reports respectively, make highly contradictory claims in other respects as well.

7. The number of alleged victims by far exceeds the number of Jews remaining in Kyiv after the Soviet evacuation.

8. To date there has been no forensic investigation of the murder site and weapons. No attempts were ever made to ascertain and secure any evidence.