Survivor honoured on anniversary of Babi Yar massacre

By Katherine Wilson
Updated September 11 2017 - 10:23am, first published 10:19am
3/9/17 Elena Gorodetsky a  survivor of the Babiy Yar massacre in 1941 in Kiev, Ukraine. Photograph by Chris Hopkins
3/9/17 Elena Gorodetsky a survivor of the Babiy Yar massacre in 1941 in Kiev, Ukraine. Photograph by Chris Hopkins
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, answering questions put by Student of university of Adelaide during writers week Adelaide festival. April 28, 1966. (Photo by R. Walker).
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, answering questions put by Student of university of Adelaide during writers week Adelaide festival. April 28, 1966. (Photo by R. Walker).
Adrian Tamburini, opera singer will perform for the concert for 75th anniversary of Babi Yar massacre in Ukraine at the Hamer Hall. 1 September 2017. The Age News. Photo: Eddie Jim.
Adrian Tamburini, opera singer will perform for the concert for 75th anniversary of Babi Yar massacre in Ukraine at the Hamer Hall. 1 September 2017. The Age News. Photo: Eddie Jim.

In the autumn sun, six-year-old Yelena Kurchinsky heard she was on a death march, and she tugged at her mother Hana's skirt.

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