Tetiana Marcus (1921 - 1943) - the heroine of the Kyiv underground during the Great Patriotic War. With the admiration of Chisinau by Romanians (1941) returned to Kyiv, and from the first days of the occupation of the city began to actively participate in underground activities. She was an underground liaison officer and a member of the sabotage group. She has repeatedly participated in sabotage acts against the Nazis. During her activities, Tanya Marcus killed several dozen German soldiers and officers. On August 22, 1942, she was captured by the Wehrmacht Coast Guard while attempting to cross the Dnieper. For 5 months she was tortured in the Gestapo, but she did not betray anyone. On January 29, 1943, Tanya Marcus was shot. In 2006, for her personal courage and heroic self-sacrifice, fortitude in the fight against Nazi invaders in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, she was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine.
At a personal exhibition in the exhibition hall of the Union of Artists of Israel, Beit Chagall Oksana Molozhanova presented the work "The Jewish Madonna". The protagonist of the portrait was the younger sister of the artist's grandmother, Tetiana Marcus. The picture shows a young woman with a baby in her arms, a flame burst behind her. In the right baby's hand is a keychain - a Star of David. Oksana Molozhanova narrates: - About 70 years after her death, my grandmother's sister was awarded the Golden Star Order and our family learnt about this from the Internet. The painting "Jewish Madonna" is a tribute to my family memory and memory of World War II, which began 70 years ago with bombing and artillery shelling of cities and the killing of civilians, firstly the mass destruction of Jews, as it happened in Kyiv, in Babyn Yar ... It is most frightening for me if our children will not know and talk about that. "
On December 1, 2009, the monument to Tatiana Marcus was opened on the south side of Babi Yar. The initiator of the creation of the monument Ilya Levitas for more than 50 years has sought the perpetuation of the girl's name (since 1956). The monument was created by sculptor V. Medvedev, architect E. Kostin at the expense of private donations. The monument is made of bronze and is a figure of a girl who stands near the barbed wire with her fists clenched. The pedestal is made of grey granite.
