After capturing the atmosphere of the Stalin trials (The Trial) and the extent of Stalin’s personality cult (State Funeral), renowned Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa takes viewers to Nazi-occupied Ukraine. Working exclusively with uniquely restored archive materials, he shows us the background of the tragic events that happened just outside occupied Kyiv in September 1941 – the massacre of more than 33,000 Jewish residents. By placing these events into a broader context, and thanks to his remarkable editing work, Loznitsa amplifies the impact of the film’s chilling testimony, which will remain with the viewer for a long time afterwards, along with the words of Vasily Grossman as cited in the film: “In Ukraine there are no Jews. … Stillness. Silence. A people has been murdered.”