Maria Babich: a Ukrainian woman who saved a Jewish girl from the Nazis, was personally awarded the title of “Righteous Among the Nations” by Golda Meir
In the black-and-white photograph taken on May 1, 1962, in Jerusalem, Golda Meir shakes hands with an elderly woman in a light scarf. This is Maria Babich, a Ukrainian from Rivne, one of the participants in the historic ceremony of opening the Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem. On that day, … Read more