Domanska Anna ; Son: Domanski Bogdan ; Daughter: Maria ; Daughter: Grinenko Emilia (Domanska)

Domanskaya, Anna Domanskaya, Mariya Domanskiy, Bohdan Grinenko (Domanskaya), Emilia In May 1943, during the third Aktion in the town of Tłuste, in the district of Tarnopol (today Tovste, Ternopil’) a few Jews managed to escape the massacre. Eight of them found shelter in the home of Anna Domanskaya, who lived with her son and daughters in a small house on the outskirts of the town. Prompted by humanity and religious faith, Domanskaya took in the eight exhausted Jews and, with the help of her children, dug them a shelter in her courtyard. Domanskaya, her daughters, Mariya and Emilia and her son Bohdan, provided them with food, and saw to all their needs, without expecting anything in return. A few weeks later, the eight Jews were joined by Jona Zylber, who had escaped from a farm where she had been working as a forced laborer, bringing the number up to nine. Despite their hostile neighbors, and periodic searches for Jews in hiding, Domanskaya and her children looked after them to the best of their ability. Although they were poor, they offered them food and shelter until the Red Army liberated the area in 1944. After the war, all nine survivors left Tłuste. Roza Lublin, Gusta Gosinska, Roza Merkszajd, and Jona Zylber immigrated to Israel and sent Domanskaya and her children parcels whenever they could. On February 18, 1975, Yad Vashem recognized Anna Domanskaya as Righteous Among the Nations. On June 20, 1990, Yad Vashem recognized Mariya Domanskaya and Bohdan Domanskiy as Righteous Among the Nations. On July 7, 2001, Yad Vashem recognized Emilia Grinenko (née Domanskaya) as Righteous Among the Nations.