(Presidential Office of Ukraine) President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the story of kindergarten director Saide Arifova who lived in Nazi-occupied Crimea during World War II and concealed the nationality of kindergarteners. "She passed them off as Crimean Tatars, gave them Tatar names, taught them Crimean Tatar language and customs, forged documents and medical certificates. She was a Muslim by religion. She saved 88 Jews." He also mentioned Greek Catholic Ukrainian priest Omelian Kovch. "He saved Jews by providing them with more than 600 baptismal certificates. He was sent to the Majdanek concentration camp for this." Zelensky also told the story of his own family. Three of his grandfather's brothers were victims of the Holocaust. They were executed by German occupiers. His grandfather came back alive from the front.
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