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Kharkov — a thriving Ukrainian city — became one of the first victims of Hitler’s “war of annihilation.”
Under Nazi occupation, more than 30,000 civilians, including women and children, were shot, gassed, or burned alive.
Two years later, in the ruins of the same city, history witnessed a turning point: the first Allied war crimes trial, where German perpetrators finally faced justice for their crimes.
This is the story of horror, survival, and justice — from the massacre at Drobytsky Yar to the public hangings that marked the beginning of Nazi accountability.

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“Justice in Kharkov: 50,000 Watch the First Nazi War Crimes Trial”

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00:00Their execution, which took place in Kharkov City Square on the following day at 11 a.m.,
00:05was held publicly and became a theater of horror.
00:09Some foreign correspondent said that 50,000 people witnessed the hangings in the snow-covered
00:14public square.
00:16American journalist Edmund Stevens described the execution, saying,
00:20It was all over in a few moments.
00:23The defendants were hoisted into the back of four open trucks and stood on stools.
00:27Then the nooses were looped around their necks.
00:30There was no blindfolding.
00:32During the preliminaries, three of the four prisoners had to be propped up.
00:36Bulanov had fainted.
00:37Ritz and Ritzlav had turned pasty white.
00:39They drooled at the mouths, and their knees gave way.
00:43Only Lunghelt, the old soldier, remained stiff as a ramrod throughout, never once flinching.
00:49Once the nooses had been adjusted, at a signal, the trucks pulled away, and the four men were
00:55left dangling and kicking in mid-air.
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01:05There was a couple of people who don't have to be спирed to the back of five.
01:05Have a great day, Peter.
01:05If you liked it, don't have to be a matter of a day.
01:05Make a big deal for all, and a big deal for anybody.
01:05Make a big deal for all.
01:05Now we can't make a big deal for every time, and the best it is a big deal.
01:05Not a big deal for you.
01:05To be able to be a big deal for the people who know them,
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