Israel\'s Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum will hold three ceremonies this coming Sunday to honor a number of Righteous Gentiles. Certificates and medals will be presented to the honorees or their next of kin. One of the honorees, Nikolay Leschinger, who recently immigrated to Israel with his two Jewish daughters, saved the life of a young Jewish boy named Aleksander Gilerman who was injured during an attempt to escape from a convoy of deported Odessa Jews in December 1941. Leschinger pulled him to safety, nursed him back to health, and kept him hidden until the end of the occupation in April 1944.
In another example, Raisa Makarevich and her mother Feokla Levitkaya gave shelter to the Roitenburd family, including two children during the German occupation of Ukraine. The Roitenburd family found refuge there several different times, for periods of various lengths. After the war, the Roitenburd family immigrated to Israel. Yet another honoree is Yekaterina Movchan, who saved and cared for two Jewish orphans.
In another example, Raisa Makarevich and her mother Feokla Levitkaya gave shelter to the Roitenburd family, including two children during the German occupation of Ukraine. The Roitenburd family found refuge there several different times, for periods of various lengths. After the war, the Roitenburd family immigrated to Israel. Yet another honoree is Yekaterina Movchan, who saved and cared for two Jewish orphans.