Kotsubaylo Filip & Tekla ; Son: Aleksandr ; Son: Andrey

Kotsubaylo, Filip Kotsubaylo, Teklya Kotsubaylo, Aleksandr Kotsubaylo, Andrey Kaluta, Konon Kaluta, Anna Blyshchik (Kaluta), Mariya Chugay (Kaluta), Anna Kuyava, Andrey Kuyava, Yarina Kuyava, Nikolay Filip Kotsubaylo (nickname Koniukh), his wife, Teklya, and their two sons, Aleksandr and Andrey, were farmers living in the village of Mulczyce, Wołyń (today Mul’chytsi, Rivne District). Like most of the villagers in the area, they were Baptists. In early September 1942, 20-year-old Fanya Rozenfeld, formerly a resident of Rafałówka (Rafalivka), arrived at the Kotsubaylo's home. She was the only member of her family to have survived the liquidation of the ghetto in Rafałówka on August 29, 1942. Since then, she had been wandering around the forests and she sometimes entered villages in search of food. One night, the Kotsubaylo's let her sleep in their home. The following morning, Rozenfeld told her hosts that in her dreams the previous night she had been reading out verses from the Book of Isaiah in front of a congregation. When Kotsubaylo heard this, he immediately took Rozenfeld to the Batpists’ weekly gathering in preacher Konon Kaluta’s home in the village of Młynek (Mlynok). Kaluta was one of the regional Baptist leaders and he was a known Biblical commentator and preacher. The followers at the meeting were very impressed by Rozenfeld and they agreed to help save her. After the meeting, Rozenfeld returned to the Kotsubaylo’s home, where she was treated as a family member. She helped out with the housework and also offered commentaries on verses from the Old Testament. Consequently, the Baptists nicknamed her “Saint Feodosiya.” During this time, the Kotsubaylo’s afforded shelter to two other Jews, Sender Appelboim and his father Shlomo, who had escaped from the ghetto in Włodzimierzec (Volodymyrets’). Kotsubaylo told them: “God sent you to me and I consider it an honor to save Jews.” The three Jews were obliged to leave the Kotsubaylo’s home in late 1942, because the search for Jews and partisans in the area intensified. Appelboim and his father turned to Mefodiy Logatskiy*, whom they knew, and Rozenfeld moved to Kaluta’s home in the village of Młynek. Kaluta lived with his second wife, Anna, and their four children and two daughters from his first marriage, Anna and Mariya. Rozenfeld stayed with the Kalutas for about a year. Furthermore, Kaluta even preached in his sermons about the necessity to help save Jewish lives. In early 1943, 13-year-old Rivka Bass, whose father, Yakov, and brother, David, were hiding in the forest, joined Rozenfeld in the Kalutas’ home. Toward the end of 1943, gangs of armed, Jew-hating Ukrainian nationalists arrived in the area. Thus, Rozenfeld decided to move to the adjacent village of Sudcze (Sudche), to the home of Andrey Kuyava, his wife, Yarina, and their son, Nikolay. Kuyava was also a Baptist and he too was one of their leaders. Initially, Rozenfeld hid in their barn and when the situation calmed down, and the gangs left the area, she emerged from her hiding place and lived openly until the liberation of the area, in February 1944. Shortly after the war, Rozenfeld married Yakov Bass and together with his children they immigrated to Israel. The family maintained contact with Fanya and Rivka’s wartime rescuers. David Bas joined a Kibbutz on the Lake of Galilee, and was killed in a battle during the 1948 War of Independence. On February 22, 1995, Yad Vashem recognized Filip and Teklya Kotsubaylo, their sons, Aleksandr and Andrey Kotsubaylo, Konon and Anna Kaluta, his daughters, Anna Chugay and Mariya Blyshchik, Andrey Kuyava, his wife, Yarina, and their son, Nikolay Kuyava, as Righteous Among the Nations.