Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Shekaru da yawa bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II, hukumomin Soviet ba sa son su yarda cewa kisan da aka yi wa Yahudawa a Babi Yar wani ɓangare ne na Holocaust. An yi amfani da wadanda aka kashe a matsayin Soviet; ambaton asalinsu na yahudawa ba shi da izini, duk da cewa mutuwarsu ta kasance sakamakon sakamakon kisan kiyashi na Nazi kamar yadda sansanonin mutuwa na Poland da aka mamaye
(Ehrenburg, Pravda na shekara ta 1944). Hakanan, akwai kusan haramcin ambaton sa hannun 'yan sandan yankin, ko kuma rawar da bataliya masu taimako suka tura zuwa Kiev ta Kungiyar' yan kishin kasa ta Ukraine (OUN-B) wajen tattarawa, tsare da kuma kashe 'yan uwansu Yahudawa. Domin su tabbatar da cewa Soviets sun yi aiki tuƙuru don su ɓoye wannan batun, masanan Holocaust sun soma kiran irin wannan kisan kiyashi a Babi Yar "Holocaust ta hanyar harsashi".