News at Eleven: I wrote it in August 1961 in the city

of Kiev, and--surprisingly--it was published.

I met the writer Anatoly Kuznetsov--he was an eyewitness to what happened in Babi Yar.

He told me the story, and I asked him to accompany me to the site.

I knew there was no monument at Babi Yar, but I was expecting to see some sign of respect.

But what I saw was absolutely terrible--there were lots of trucks and they were unloading stinking garbage on the tens of thousands of people who were killed. I did not expect that.

from BBC News: Babi Yar massacre: Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko recollects

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