This gripping story of Kyiv during the Second World War told by a young boy who saw it all.
'Rightly hailed a masterpiece' Daily Mail 'So here is my invitation: enter into my fate
imagine that you are twelve that the world is at war and that nobody knows what is going to
happen next...' When the German army rolled into Kyiv in 1941 the young Anatoli was just
twelve years old. He began writing down what he saw in his journals. Within ten days of the
invasion the Nazis had begun their campaign of fear and murder in Ukraine. Babi Yar (Babyn Yar
in Ukrainian) was the place where the executions of Jews and many others took place. It was one
of the largest massacres in the history of the Holocaust. Anatoli could hear the machine guns
from his house. Anatoli's clear compelling voice honesty and determination guide us through
the horrors of that time. Babi Yar has the compulsion and narration of fiction but everything
recounted here is true. 'Extraordinary' Orlando Figes Guardian 'A vivid first-hand account
of life under one of the most savage of occupation regimes... A book which must be read and
never forgotten' The Times This is the complete uncensored version of Babi Yar - its
history written into the text. Parts shown in bold are those cut by the Russian censors parts
in brackets show later additions.
