Ozoliņ Eduard & Anna ; Son: Jānis ; Son: Voldemar

Ozoliņ, Eduard Ozoliņ, Anna Ozoliņ, Jānis Ozoliņ, Voldemars Eduard Ozoliņ, his wife, Anna, and their adult sons Jānis and Voldemars were residents of Rīga. In August 1943, the Ozoliņ family took two Jews, total strangers, into their home – Berl Burin (b. 1917) his nephew, Aharon Rauchman, originally from the town of Livāni. They appealed to the Ozoliņs by chance, after fleeing from the Kaiserwald concentration camp, on the outskirts of Rīga. Compassion for helpless people whose lives were in danger motivated the four members of the Ozoliņ family to give the two Jews shelter. In a dark corner of their attic they prepared a hiding place for Burin and Rauchman, in which they remained until the liberation of Rīga on October 13, 1944. Everyday a member of the Ozoliņ family would climb up to the two and bring them food and drink, tell them the news and try to lift their spirits. After the war, the survivors and their rescuers maintained their friendship for decades, even after Burin and Rauchman immigrated to Israel in 1974. On July 18, 1995, Yad Vashem recognized Eduard Ozoliņ, Anna Ozoliņ, and their sons, Jānis and Voldemars, as Righteous Among the Nations.