The Soviets booby-trapped a lot of the buildings in Kiev before the Nazis arrived then started blowing them up after they were occupied by the Germans.
It was one of the main reasons cited for the reprisals that are known as “Babi Yar”.
“It was one of the main reasons cited for the reprisals that are known as “Babi Yar”.”
It was an EXCUSE for murder. There were no reprisals known as Babi Yar: Babi Yar was just the ravine where the murders took place. There were murder units known as Einsatzgruppen that followed the Wermacht into Russia during Barbarossa. A lot of Einsatzgruppen were Lithuanian.