Sabadakh Antonii, Yevdokiia and Vasyl

Antonii and Yevdokiia Sabadakh and their son Vasyl lived in the town of Horodenka in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. During Second World War, the town initially found itself in the zone of Hungarian occupation. A ghetto was created there, where Jews were relocated from surrounding villages, as well as from Transcarpathia, which was annexed to Hungary. In September 1941, the town of Horodenka came under German control. Already on December 5, the Nazis shot more than 2,500 Jews there. On September 10, 1942, most of the ghetto residents were exterminated, and the rest ones were gone into to the death camp in Bełżec (Poland). According to researchers, 3,250 Jews who lived in Horodenka on the eve of Second World War died during the Holocaust.

The Berhman family from the neighboring village of Rosokhach were the victims of the Nazis. Only Khaim Berhman managed to survive. He hid on the outskirts of the city in an old mill. There, 13-year-old Vasyl Sabadakh saw him, and later told his parents about him. Antonii and Yevdokiia decided to help the Jew and hid him in their yard. Khaim had lived with the Sabadakh family for a year. After the war, he emigrated, but continued to maintain contact with the rescuers.

In 2004, Yad Vashem recognized Antonii, Yevdokiia and Vasyl Sabadakh as Righteous Among the Nations.

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