The girl who saved Jews in the Holocaust passed away at age 91
Yaroslavna Levitska, who helped save Jews in the Holocaust at the age of six, passed away in Haifa, two months before her 92nd birthday. Her funeral will take place today at the Tel Regev cemetery.…
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A child who acted with extraordinary moral clarity during the Holocaust has died at 91. Yaroslava Levitska helped save Jews when she was just six years old, an age when most children cannot fully grasp the danger they face. Her story underscores that heroism in the Shoah was not limited to adults or organized resistance. The mayor's statement at her funeral in Haifa reminds us that courage can appear in the smallest of packages. Her passing closes another living link to that history.