Staneva, Mariya
Staneva, Nina
Staneva, Lidiya
Mariya Staneva and her daughters, Nina and Lidiya lived in a spacious apartment on the outskirts of Odessa (today Odesa). Nina, the eldest daughter, had two children of her own and her husband was fighting on the front. One day in May 1942, Nina found a young Jewish stranger, Vladimir Okun, curled up on a park bench and, taking pity on him, she invited him back to her home. Okun’s hair and clothes were full of lice and he looked very malnourished. When they reached the Stanevs’ home, Okun told them that he was a Jew and that his parents and...
