Liudmila Titova Explained

Liudmila Titova (Ukrainian: Людмила Титова, Russian: Людмила Титова)^[1] was a Jewish-Ukrainian poet from Kiev, wife of the poet Ivan Yelagin (Іван Єлагін) also from Kiev, whom she had first met as a schoolgirl. Her famous poem "Babi Yar" written in 1941 – discovered only in the 1990s – was the first-ever literary work devoted to the 1941 massacre of Ukrainian Jews during the Holocaust.^[2] She was an eyewitness of these events.^[3]

References

• Web site: Литературная композиция «И память сердца говорит… . Евроазиатский еврейский конгресс (Jewish Congress) . Liudmila Titova (samples of poetry) . September 10, 2002 . March 9, 2013 . Montreal, Canada . Альбина Полуйко-Плешкова.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Не прогоняй из сердца своего… . Virtual Museum of Babiy Yar . Людмила Титова, 1941  - 1942, Киев . 2013 . March 9, 2013 . Исаак Трахтенберг.
2. Web site: Первые стихи о Бабьем Яре. Людмила Титова. . https://archive.today/20130407021913/http://babiy-yar.livejournal.com/4786.html . dead . April 7, 2013 . Babiy-Yar.Livejournal.com . October 4, 2012 . February 23, 2013 .
3. Web site: ВIДЛУННЯ БАБИНОГО ЯРУ . Конгрес літераторів України . Газета Література та життя . 20 August 2007 . March 9, 2013 . Юрій КАПЛАН . 6 . PDF file, direct download 1.66 MB.