BABYN YAR. CONTEXT. R12/ HANS ISENMANN

The testimony of Obergefreiter Hans Isenmann, of the SS division “Viking”, at the trial of case No.1679 “On the atrocities committed by fascist invaders on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.” Kiev, January 19, 1946.
"Babyn Yar. Context" - is a documentary project presented by The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and Ukrainian director Sergey Loznitsa. The project will consist of 20-25 episodes edited from archive materials taken from 1941 - starting with the Nazi invasion of the USSR - to 1966, when the first architectural competition for the design of the Babyn Yar Memorial was organised. Each episode is a complete story, directly or indirectly related to the tragedy of Babyn Yar.

[@foreverblueclassics]

He's handsome, young, articulate and appears to be intelligent. You look at him and initially feel some sympathy for him when you hear of his fate. Then you listen to his words and the way he speaks them. He's very matter-of-fact in talking about shooting civilians, including women and children, unemotional in fact. His words are all the more shocking because of the way he delivers them. He's the personification of the automatons who fought in the SS. Yes, he had a mother and a father, probably brothers and sisters, perhaps a wife or sweetheart. But so did the poor people he mercilessly gunned down into a pit. It really is difficult to look at him and think of him doing the things he did, but do them he did. And German soldiers, including those in the SS, could refuse an order to shoot civilians in these circumstances. The worst he would have got is bullying and less chance of promotion, but better to live with that than the dishonour of carrying out the evil deeds of the Nazis. Shame on him and the evil he served.

[@yulimoonshine]

My grandparents were children and barely tweens when they escaped from Babi Yar during the Holocaust. It is the largest villlage massacre in Holocaust history. They murdered children, pregnant women, men, elderly, Jewish villagers in 3 days - about the total 33,771 people and then 100,000 for the remainder of the war. Majority of my family was murdered during this massacre. It is a known memorial site that was recently attemptedly bombed by russian troops - a deplorable act. My parents, my sister, and I escaped to the US in the early 90s when the USSR broke apart. They were in their early twenties and they left everything to come here and to be safe. My grandparents managed to get out too and my uncle. The rest of my family, majority did not make it out. In the 90s. They were blaming and persecuting Jewish people then as well. I grew up here in the US in a known liberal area but experienced heightened levels of physical assaults, death threats, hate speech, and stalking from kkk members, neo nazis, etc since I was a child (by children and adults alike). We still get people today using antisemitic hate speech and death threats and throw conspiracy theories at us... words and old thousands of years steroetypes used to help propel the Holocaust. And white supremacists use still today to weaponize other marginalized communities against us and ultimately have us fight one another and not pay attention to the monsters behind the curtain. I encourage everyone to continue to educate themselves about this history and csider looking into the world history as a whole. All over the world and thousands of years of massacres, progroms, mass exiles, acts of cruel and unusual punishments and torture and dehuminization of Jewish people has existed. And now more than ever it is important to understand how all of us must learn that more unites us than divides us. And I highly reccomend those willing to learn more to watch the movie "Come and See". It is depicts a part of the Holocaust often removed from our history books - the village massacres. The first set of millions of Jewish people murdered were in those massacres. This film, also known as "Iti Smotri", you can find it in youtube with English subtitles, is honestly one of the best depictions and war film ever made. I talked about my grandmother's survival of this massacre (this was one of the worst traumas of her life and she was only 10) in a short tiktok video and I got lengths of death threats and hate speech towards me - towards my appearance to be "targeted", towards my family who survived, and it was not only by white supremacists. This is not a fight that has stopped. Antisemitism still is alive and well.

[@emmanueldidier321]

One: you are not alone. Two: you will never be forgotten.

[@Nicht-die-Mama]

Not the Russians! The Ukrain asow Nazi people themselve destroyed the memorial. Be sure of that

[@nledaig]

It's plastered all over the internet today, Sometimes openly, sometimes in sneery asides. But people like yourself also swallow lies and spread them as in the last sentence of your first paragraph.

[@FILA1971]

Там не мемориала😂😂там парк, стоит только памятник, сбежал он😂😂твои братья украинцы там все сравняли с землёй и сейчас об этой трагедии никто незнает😃

[@akivaragen]

Hans, born in berlin, was executed for his crimes ten days after this testemony, at 29.01.1946 in Kiev

[@madberlin]

It's a nightmare, too many of those murders got away, it still makes me angry and furious. Only 1% of the auschwitz helpers (6000) came to court. It's a shame.

[@MeisterPothead]

@@madberlin Do you understand the concept of military? if you deny a task you'll get shot.. it was not the will of those soldiers to kill them.. it was a command= guess who's to blame? facepalm

[@madberlin]

@@MeisterPothead Don't talk lies. It's not true, nobody was forced to kill people. Everybody knows - you don't.

[@makpazon11]

When the leader is crazy, the soldier follows the craziness.

[@VinhNguyen-fb9lk]

@@MeisterPothead you are wrong .. every military..including the Wehrmacht at the time has its own code that allow the soldier to refuse to carry out order deemed illegal.. unfortunately these are killers that been screened and selected for this task. ..

[@samm761]

I think the translator viewed Mr. Isenmann with utter contempt. You can tell by her body language. I give her respect for doing her job with such skill and professionalism.

[@croissants1280]

I don't agree. She was being professional. You are trying to find your own emotional reaction in her.

[@samm761]

@@croissants1280 I agree with you that she was professional with her job. Your second sentence was out to lunch. You have no idea what I was thinking when I made the initial comment. Let’s leave it at that.

[@croissants1280]

@@samm761 You have no idea what the translator was thinking either. Let's leave it at that.

[@zhopka77]

​@@samm761 Don't know what this other dude in the comments is on. I'm pretty sure you're exactly right. The way the translator won't even look at him, the most she'll look at is the podium in front of him. That's not professional, that's something else, and it's pretty damn easy to guess what.

[@jeffreyhodge5564]

No words can be added to this ,except to say the depravity of man is beyond belief ,absolute beyond belief.

[@newday2447]

For a man who shot dead so many innocent civilians he seems so calm, no sign of remorse in him.

[@mikha007]

so who was the woman at the end??

[@Evita1418_]

Er hat auf Befehl gehandelt.

[@grillo8970]

@@Evita1418_ why you german always claim 'I just followed orders'. Dont you ppl have have your own brains to use? Is it always someone higher up making decisions for you?This is truly the most servile nation on earth

[@Codiggity369]

ThAts what conspiracy theories and brainwashing does to a person

[@andrewhooper7603]

​@@Evita1418_ and look what that got him.

[@cofeebeing]

So calm. So cool. As if presenting production numbers at a business meeting. These are human lifes'.

[@jonallen-friend2405]

a typical SS soldier reaction.

[@nealhurwitz6340]

Murdering. KISS.

[@joelonzello4189]

Alot of dog owners have the same attitude towards other humans !

[@joelonzello4189]

Update your concerns. Worldwide refugee crisis is an apocalypse.

[@emmanueldidier321]

No, not "human lives". For the SS, THEY were the superior race, and their opponents or victims were not even human.

[@felicitasschonfeld203]

Schrecklich, einfach nur schrecklich traurig zu was Menschen fähig sind.

[@chr.burm.2529]

Sagenhaft wie emotionslos dieser Kerl über das Morden berichtet.

[@justinbailey7870]

There were no tears shed for him when he left this life.

[@paulmoore120]

Chilling.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

This man is strangely pure. Is this not strange in itself ?

[@Codiggity369]

What do you expect? A rambling insane person? Human are evil bro

[@AbdulMalik-gg1hw]

@@Fritz_Maisenbacher well, hes pretty honest but still a monster

[@croissants1280]

@@AbdulMalik-gg1hw If you were a German in Nazi Germany, would you also have been a monster?

[@zhopka77]

Pure? In what way could he possibly be pure?

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Pure engagement, pure destiny and pure sincerity. Very seldom today. And I am not talking about what he did, which was horrible, only about his courage in front of his destiny.@@zhopka77

[@didierdrouin]

Le mal peut s’incarner en tout homme à qui l’on donne une arme et qui doit obéir aveuglément aux ordres. Se présenter devant le Créateur avec 120 morts sur la conscience... Ce témoignage est glaçant.

[@Evita1418_]

Es war Krieg.

[@nicknoga564]

He didn’t believe what he did was wrong. He thought it was just, he thought it was necessary, and it was his job.

[@dylanbraun1635]

His job to mercilessly massacre people. Yea ur really trying to rationalize it huh Nick?

[@zhopka77]

See that's bullshit. Everybody, even deeply evil people, knows what they are doing. They're not blind, stupid, or morally confused. They've just broken down their internal moral barriers against committing atrocities, step by step, which is one of the most evil things you can do. You still know what you are doing is sick and wrong, that you are torturing and massacring men, women, and _children_. You just don't care. A soldier with even a shred of righteous conscience left would've refused to commit genocide even if it meant him being imprisoned or executed, or at the very least, he would have turned his gun on himself when it came time to execute.

[@reinhard7572]

Lowest rank in a unit. Young and following horrific orders. Judging by his calm and cool ways of answering, he never thought much of it at all. Cold blooded and no feelings.

[@Evita1418_]

Diese Soldaten musste es auch geben und nicht jemand der sich gleich ins Hemd macht.

[@jeffreyhodge5564]

Has the manners to cover his mouth when coughing but commits heinous crimes!

[@ivb815]

He is talking about the massacre in Lemberg? Not Kiev?

[@antoniomacis231]

Yes

[@rokana9641]

i wonder how he was apprehended

[@Fade007fade007]

Kannur. Kerala. India 🇮🇳

[@tomberenger2057]

Спасибо за напоминание о страшных фактах массовых убийств беззащитных людей только по причине их принадлежности к еврейской национальности. Все эти видео показаний свидетелей о зверствах нацистов относительно евреев на оккупированных территориях Украины увидели впервые. Советские коммунистические правители старательно умалчивали правду о Холокосте.

[@sergkoval2853]

так замалчивали что все с детства знают , в школах рассказывали , в книгах , ври дальше

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

@@sergkoval2853 это ты врешь мерзавец . Ничего не говорили о том, что убивали именно евреев «Над Бабьим Яром памятников NET Крутой обрыв, как грубое надгробье. Мне страшно. Мне сегодня столько лет, как самому еврейскому народу. Мне кажется сейчас - я иудей. Вот я бреду по древнему Египту. А вот я, на кресте распятый, гибну, и до сих пор на мне - следы гвоздей......»

[@bh0931]

Such a young man ! How could he casually murder innocent, frightened people ? Incredibly sad.

[@BERENCEV]

Лозница это глаза и голос Истории! Даже его игровое «Счастье моё» содержит в себе очень честные исторические образы.

[@sandykristensen8099]

NICE. Finelly the real killer's testemony in coart 👍 Thanks a lot

[@johnnicolaou554]

court

[@sandykristensen8099]

@@johnnicolaou554 Yep a lithle fast on the Phone..👍😉

[@sandykristensen8099]

@@johnnicolaou554 Do you talk Danish..?? Nope rigth..!! Well i AM Danish and SORRY i spelt a Word ore 2 badly.. so so soooo Sorry. 😅 Wat is this 3Grade

[@johnnicolaou554]

for you yes

[@johnnicolaou554]

i talk german and dainsh and english and greek

[@gijbuis]

His total lack of empathy is remarkable. Hans Isenmann tries to report his role in killing 120 victims as accurately as possible without showing any hesitation.

[@RON_HART]

In war, the more you kill, the more you become desensitized and used to killing. For men like Isenmann, killing the Jews was a crucial part of the war. They were the “enemy within”, the puppeteers who, if given the chance, would butcher every single German down to the last child. The Nazi’s genuinely believed that Jews were that dangerous and what they were doing was for the good of all mankind.

[@jaylenwrice8064]

Found this dude on LinkedIn

[@cooper28clark]

was wurde aus Hans Isenmann, finde keine Informationen über Ihn, weiß jemand mehr? what became of Hans Isenmann, can't find any information about him, does anyone know more? что стало с Гансом Изенманном, не могу найти о нем никакой информации, может кто знает больше?

[@russian8086]

Казнён спустя 10 дней после съемки этого видео

[@ivb815]

He was executed ten days later.

[@cooper28clark]

Thank you for the Informationen

[@HarryRushfan]

For heavens sake, why do people give a thumb up.....

[@Z24BL2]

Who is the source of this forever cycle of genocide/revenge/genocide/revenge ? The modern and civilized people, or the old and tribal one?

[@ryanisenmann1774]

Unreal

[@user-666-qqq]

Такий молодий, а стільки добрих справ зробив.

[@nealhurwitz6340]

poor guy--- but what were his feelings about this atrocity???????????????????? and then he is hanged. The Nazi horrors are never-ending; same with Japanese atrocities. -------------------------------------------------Am Israel Chai!!!

[@prof4659]

Poor Guy? He may be young, but he is old enough to know when he is murdering civilians en masse. There is something very wrong with him, albeit a result of his upbringing,xposure to propoganda, and/or his own fear.Yet no one forced him, nor would he be punished if he refused to participate. That is a fact. And that some DID refuse to do this proves that it was possible legally, and that it is possible to remain decent while others are less than men. He watched the people--children, old folks, mothers and babies--line up, and then he shot them and he watched them fall, into the pit some still alive in agony. And he did not stope

[@nealhurwitz6340]

@@prof4659 yes--- it has always amazed me how people can do what they do--- Mai Lai for example: women and babies there too... War is hell and it just corrupts. Nazism was Evil. Period. That we know. See the book I published in English: Der Gelbe Stern, The Yellow Star, Fordham U Press, 2008. --- Am Israel Chai!

[@davidgrahamscott]

@@nealhurwitz6340 great book, Neal! Read it twice

[@AbdulMalik-gg1hw]

@@prof4659 yep..he could've refused to murder .some did n were not shot but reassigned.

[@nledaig]

@@prof4659 They went back and shot into the fallen to kill those that seemed still alive. But although many were shot at Babi Yar there were multiple other shooting sites where the Huns and their allies carried out massacres. The disregard for other people did not start in the West with the Hitler regime. The Kaiser's army carried out atrocities in South-West Africa before the Great War and the storm-troopers who returned from the front in 1918 had fallen in love with slaughter so much that they shot a multitude of their fellow countrymen and carried out mass-murder in the post-war Baltic states. The Hitler gang just built on and refined what was already in existence.

[@brrrlak]

120 Leute auf kürzeste Entfernung. Krass.

[@joelat4674]

Watch him die here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH_MZmCceqmlfaM

[@sofiakay5385]

Thank-you for traumatizing me for life. Much appreciated 😊

[@paulodavicardosoalcantara]

Very good! Thanks!

[@malcolmledger176]

Taken down.

[@AbdulMalik-gg1hw]

@@sofiakay5385 ooo, so precious arent we

[@AbdulMalik-gg1hw]

@@malcolmledger176 the video ?.why.u too precious to handle it ?

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

I am looking since many years a real illustration of courage. This is one.

[@karfomachet7265]

u all ready knew it was here as per your stupid pure comment one year ago

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

@@karfomachet7265 And why is my comment "stupid" ? Explain yourself.

[@nledaig]

@@Fritz_Maisenbacher Explain YOURSELF

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

@@nledaig Why should I ? All is very clear.

[@nledaig]

@@Fritz_Maisenbacher So ve see

[@smithyman33]

Looks and sounds like he’s reading from a script.

[@shirleybalinski4535]

That's what I thought. He keeps glancing down as if reading from a book.

[@nledaig]

He wasn't just dragged into the room ten minutes before. He had been interrogated at length and he had a good idea what was going to be asked. He knew what he had done.

[@emeyero]

Pure evil

[@shakkeelrahman3073]

Nigalek athiranjalikale nerune aa a aaaa

[@crypterixxcrypterixx5918]

Sowjetischer Schauprozess!!

[@emmanueldidier321]

Yes, but that does not change the facts of the genocide at Babi Yar.

[@charlesmartella]

Exactly .

[@carlcarlson1369]

I know nothing I just followed orders. Same old crap excuses

[@itskarl7575]

What excuses? He told plainly what he did, he didn't try to excuse his actions.

[@charlesmartella]

Bloke was only following orders and one of the lowest ranks and just a kid - get over it .

[@NataBol]

Сегодня ездила в архив и смотрела его последнее слово перед трибуналом, а так же допрос. Нигде он не оправдывался, что просто выполнял приказы. Каждый видит на видео свое, но я смотря его последнее слово, увидела признание его участия в зверствах и мужественную готовность принять любое наказание за это. Некоторые злятся, что нет раскаяния на видео, а как он должен был его проявить? Начать рыдать на публику и оправдываться? Разве публичное раскаяние что-то изменит? В общем, мне тоже его и его жертв очень жаль, и в то же время я восхитилась мужеством, с которым он прошел через суд и казнь

[@charlesmartella]

​@@NataBol very well said

[@ltcolumbo9708]

Great 6minutes video to proof why God is a joke

[@FILA1971]

Is bullshit😂😂

[@shanetharle4030]

It is obvious Hans was tortured for these confession,because Babi yar never happen ,just like Disneyland, it Fantasyland cooked up by the Russians

[@charlesmartella]

Imagine what would have happened to him if he had of objected to doing his job ?? He's a Big Young Bloke . He would make an excellent Centre Half Forward. Very sad . He was so young caught up in all the madness of the time.

[@emmanueldidier321]

He would simply have been sent to the frontline. Participation in the SS or Einsatzgruppen was VOLUNTARY.

[@philipnestor5034]

There is this misconception that Germans that refused to shoot children , pregnant women, elderly people etc were executed, this isn’t true. Himmler passed a order stating that anyone refusing to kill people would just be transferred to a desk job or someplace else. Read the book The Good Old Days! It’s all’s In the testimony from old Germans who took park in wiping out villages and some of their complaints were that the blood and brains of small children being shot at point blank range would mess up their nice uniforms and boots, not that they were killing children and mothers as they screamed and cried!!. In the book they said that a few men that complained about the job they did were laughed at and called a baby or sissy. Also many of these men were in their 30’s and 40’s and were well educated, a number of their German Einstazgruppen leaders and SS police leaders were lawyers, Physicians, university professors, etc.They were all willingly doing this for the good of the German people , they had plenty of enthusiastic helpers from Ukrainian cilivians, police units and Ukrainian SS. This was the same in other countries they Germans invaded, Latvian, Lithuanian, Croatian Volunteers and SS units. You can also read the book Hitler’s Willing Executioners.

[@charlesmartella]

@@emmanueldidier321Netanyahu is way more guilty than this kid right now but that's ok.

[@Antydemokrata]

Quite a circus. The Bolsheviks wrote him what to say.