October 1941 – The Drobitsky Yar Ravine Massacre, near Kharkiv, Ukraine In the deep ravine of Drobitsky Yar outside Kharkiv, Einsatzgruppe C and local police units carried out mass shootings in late 1941–early 1942, claiming around 16,000–20,000 lives, mostly Jews from the city and region. Victims were trucked or marched to the site after ghetto roundups. They were ordered to strip at the ravine's edge, then driven down slopes or lined up above; machine guns raked the crowds, bodies sliding into