Chaikovski Vladimir ; Father: Pavel ; Mother: Chaikovskaya Teofila

Chaikovski, Pavel Chaikovskaya, Teofila Chaikovski, Vladimir Yehudit Akkerman was born in 1924 in Buczacz (Tarnopol district). In 5 July 1941 Buczacz was occupied by the Germans. Shortly after, 17-year-old Yehudit began working as a cleaning lady for a man in town, Michail Chaikovski. A large Aktion took place in Buczacz on 27 November, 1942, in which 2,500 men, women and children were deported to the Belzec extermination camp and many others killed in the streets. Among them were Yehudit's mother Gizela and her younger siblings, Malka, Dora and Chune. Yehudit's older sister Radzia was discovered in her hiding place with her young son, and was shot on the banks of the river. Following the massacre Yehudit's father Iosif bid her to rescue herself, in every possible way. They parted ways, and Iosif was murdered a year later. Yehudit turned to her employer's brother, Vladimir, who was never afraid to show empathy towards Jews and was willing to help. Vladimir hid Yehudit in his rented apartment in town, and at the same time provided food to other Jewish families in hiding. After a while the two moved to the village of Kurdwanowka, where Vladimir's parents lived. Pavel and Teofila Chaikovski welcomed Yehudit, and arranged a hiding place for her under a hay stack in the barn. Following a denunciation the Chaikovski's farm was searched, but luckily Yehudit was not found. She left the farm with Vladimir , and the two began wandering from place to place. The area was finally liberated in March 1944, after which Yehudit and Vladimir returned to Buczacz. They married in 1950, and had two sons; the oldest of which, Bogdan, made Aliyah to Israel in 1999.Yehudit followed him, but returned to the Ukraine after a year. Vladimir passed away in 2001. On 21 June 2011 Yad Vashem recognized Vladimir Chaikovski and his parents, Pavel and Teofila, as Righteous Among the Nations.