Morozova (Chulovska) Neonila, Hladko (Bondar) Olena, Stefanska (Mykhailiuk) Frania

Neonila Chulovska lived with her parents in Vinnytsia during the German-Soviet war. The regional center was under occupation from July 19, 1941 to March 20, 1944. The murders of Jews began almost from the first days of the "new government". The first execution of Jews by the security police was recorded in the city on July 29. There were 146 victims from the Jewish intelligentsia. In the future, the executions were repeated periodically. Brutal raids were carried out throughout September 1941. All those caught were taken to the shooting site on the outskirts of the city, and on September 19, about 10 thousand people were killed there.

One day in April 1942, Neonila met her former school friend Buzia Roizman on the street. The girl said that she had miraculously escaped being shot and was hiding wherever she could. Neonila brought her home, because she was sure that her parents would help. The Chulovskyi family has taken Buzia for a few weeks, because another acquaintance, Sofiia Tentser, had already found shelter in their house. In the meantime, they found another family that agreed to take in the Jewish girl.

Over the next few months, Buzia lived with the Ukrainian Bondar family, made friends with their daughter Olena, and the girls of the same age quickly found a common language. The situation in the city remained tense, constant raids were a threat to all family members, so the Bondar couple decided to move Buzia to the village of Maidan to their friend Frania Stefanska. The Christian family of Stefanskyi had once experienced repressions by the Soviet regime, so they treated the suffering of Jews with great compassion. Buzia Roizman hid in this family until the Nazis were expelled from the region in March 1944.

In 1996, Yad Vashem recognized Neonila Morozova (Chulovska), Olena Hladko (Bondar), and Frania Mykhailiuk (Stefanska) as Righteous Among the Nations.

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