Stanislavov Mikhail & Stanislavova Yelizaveta ; Daughter: Brind Nina (Stanislavova); Daughter: Galkina Valentina (Stanislavova)

Bilichenko, Grigoriy Misevich, Vladimir Alferova, Valentina Stanislavov, Mikhail Stanislavova, Yelizaveta Brind (Stanislavova), Nina Galkina (Stanislavova), Valentina Grigoriy Bilichenko was a medical attendant and lived in the village of Zhabelevka in the district of Vinnitsa (today Zhabelivka, Vinnytsya District). In May 1942, some local residents brought Aharon Bronshtein, a ten-year-old Jewish boy, to Bilichenko’s home. Bronshtein was badly injured in his jaw and they said that a local policeman had tried to kill him. Bilichenko realized that the boy needed to get to the hospital urgently so he applied some first aid and then placed him on his cart and took him on the long ride to the town of Voronovitsa (Voronovytsya), where he handed the child over to the surgeon Dr. Vladimir Misevich. Misevich managed to remove the bullet from Bronshtein’s jaw and he fixed, as best he could, the damage that had been caused to his face. Bronshtein stayed in the hospital to recuperate for many weeks and during this time he was looked after by Misevich and his wife, Dr. Valentina Alferova, who also worked as a doctor in the same hospital. After Bronshtein had recovered, he was permitted to remain on the hospital grounds and he helped the maintenance workers there. He lived in relative peace for ten months until a hospital patient realized that he was Jewish. Before the rumor could spread to the municipal authorities, Bronshtein fled. In spring 1943, he arrived in Vinnitsa, his hometown, in the neighborhood where he grew up. Some of his former neighbors took pity on him and gave him food but only the Stanislavov family offered him shelter in their home. The Stanislavov daughters, Nina and Valentina, first met Bronshtein in the street. When they saw his scarred face, his tattered clothes, and his neglected appearance they were moved to help him and they took him to their parents’ home. Bronshtein was hidden alternately in their home and their granary and when summercame he began to take their horse out to pasture every day. He left the house early each day and only returned after nightfall so no one would notice him. However, one night when he was returning with the horse, some people were waiting for him and tried to stop him. Bronshtein managed to escape but the incident upset him so much that he left Vinnitsa that night and wandered around the area disguised as a beggar, until its liberation in March 1944. Bronshtein returned to the Stanislavov family and discovered that Yelizaveta had been arrested by the Germans in February 1944, found guilty of helping Soviet partisans, and executed. After the war, Bronshtein had plastic surgery to remove the scar from his face, and later immigrated to Israel, from where he maintained contact with his rescuers and their families. On September 4, 1997, Yad Vashem recognized Grigoriy Bilichenko as Righteous Among the Nations. On December 6, 1999, Yad Vashem recognized Vladimir Misevich and his wife, Valentina Alferova, as Righteous Among the Nations. On May 5, 2002, Yad Vashem recognized Mikhail and Yelizaveta Stanislavov and their daughters, Nina Brind and Valentina Galkina, as Righteous Among the Nations.