Jarmolik Ivanna

Stebelskiy, Petro Stebelskaya, Olga Yarmolik, Ivanna Petro Stebelskiy, a postman, lived with his wife, Olga, and their three children in Skalat in the district of Tarnopol (today Tarnopil’ District). In November 1942, the family welcomed Miriam Schönberg, an acquaintance, into their home. Stebelskiy built a hiding place for Schönberg in the cowshed and covered the entrance with wood. Every day, Olga and her younger sister, Ivanna Yarmolik, brought cabbage or potatoes to their ward and emptied her waste bucket, and then they placed bags of garbage on the wood concealing the entrance to the hideaway to further disguise it. Toward the end of December 1942, Miriam’s brother Meir joined her in hiding and, in spring 1943, their brother Milo moved in too. When the conditions in the cowshed became too uncomfortable, the three Jews were invited into Yarmolik’s home, despite her parents’ opposition. They were hidden in her basement for four months and then they returned to the Stebelskiys'. The Schönberg siblings did not contribute towards their upkeep and occasionally Olga sold a gold ring or some other valuable possession in order to purchase food. When Milo fell ill, Olga managed to raise enough money to buy medicine for him. All three Schönberg siblings survived the occupation, but Milo died only two months after the liberation, in spring 1944. When they left the Stebelskiys, Olga returned their possessions that she had looked after during the war. Shortly after the end of the war, Miriam (later Shenkar) and Meir (later Michael Gorsky) moved to Israel. On June 21, 1998, Yad Vashem recognized Petro and Olga Stebelskiy, and her sister, Ivanna Yarmolik, as Righteous Among the Nations.