Last Righteous Among Nations in Israel, Yaroslava Levitskaya, Dies at 91
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Yaroslava Levitskaya, the last Righteous Among the Nations living in Israel, died in Haifa at age 91 on November 10th. During the Holocaust, she helped Jews by secretly delivering supplies to the ghetto and assisting her family in sheltering individuals. She was recognized for her actions in 1989 and later became an Israeli citizen, settling in Haifa.
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- Yaroslava Levitskaya, the last Righteous Among the Nations in Israel, died in Haifa at 91.
- She was honored for helping Jews during the Holocaust as a child.
- Levitskaya secretly delivered food and medicine to the ghetto.
- Her family sheltered Jews, and she continued to supply hidden groups.
- She received the Righteous Among the Nations title in 1989.
- Levitskaya became an Israeli citizen in 1995 and lived in Haifa.
Yaroslava Levitskaya, the last of the Righteous Among the Nations residing in Israel, passed away in Haifa on Tuesday, November 10th, at the age of 91. Born in Poland in 1935, Levitskaya was recognized for her actions during the Holocaust. At the age of six, she assisted her grandfather in helping Jews, secretly carrying food and medicine into the ghetto in her school backpack, an act that did not arouse suspicion due to her young age. In 1943, her family sheltered two Jewish individuals, and Levitskaya continued to deliver supplies to a group hiding in a basement. In 1989, Levitskaya, her mother, and grandfather were honored with the title of Righteous Among the Nations. She immigrated to Israel in 1995, becoming a citizen and settling in Haifa, where she lived for over three decades.
