Savytskyi Volodymyr and Pelaheia, Tkachenko Nataliia, Zavorotna Liudmyla, Yevhenieva Ioanna

In the days of September 1941, when the mass executions were taking place in Babyn Yar, an old acquaintance, Solomon Horodetskyi, turned to Volodymyr and Pelaheia Savytskyi, who lived nearby, for help. The couple hid the Jew in their house for a month. Meanwhile, Pelaheia's sister Nataliia Tkachenko obtained documents for him in the name of Kostiantyn Shpirkatnyi. With a fake ID, the man was able to leave Kyiv. Then he fought in the Red Army.

In addition, during the Holocaust in the capital, Savytskyi family and their relatives saved Isak Brodskyi from execution. Before the war, he was engaged in trade, a small shop was on the street Babyn Yar. Almost all residents of the city block shopped there. In June 1941, Brodskyi was conscripted into the army. During the defensive battles, he was encircled and captured by the Germans. In September, he managed to escape from the prisoner of war camp and return home. He learned from his neighbors that his wife and children had managed to evacuate, and that roundups of Jews were ongoing in the city.

Looking for salvation, Isak turned to his former customers, the Savytskyi, with a request for temporary shelter. Despite the danger, Volodymyr and Pelaheia again set out to save the Jew. During the year, he almost did not go outside from the shelter that was arranged for him. Sometimes their nieces Ioanna Yevhenieva and Liudmyla Zavorotna, hiding Brodskyi, helped the Savytskyi family. However, one day in the winter of 1942, a neighbor's boy, who came to play with Liudmyla's children, accidentally saw him and told his parents about it at home. The family was reported, and the same day the police conducted searches. Isak was lucky to escape, but it was dangerous to stay with the Savytskyi family or their relatives. Ukrainian families were under control, police constantly patrolled the streets.

Nataliia Tkachenko again came to the rescue in a difficult situation; she obtained documents for Isak in the name of Kostiantyn Balatsenko. Together with the Savytskyi family, he moved to another district of Kyiv. They found temporary accommodation on Dachna Street, in Sviatoshyn. However, even there, Isak was recognized on the street by an old acquaintance. He was arrested, and a few days later Volodymyr and Pelaheia were taken away for questioning. The couple was sent to forced labor in Germany. On the way, they managed to jump off the train and secretly return to Kyiv.

Nataliia Tkachenko was also arrested by the police and was held in the Syretskyi camp until September 1943. Then she and other prisoners were taken to Germany. The woman escaped by road and reached Kyiv within a month.

Isak Brodskyi also ended up in the same camp after his arrest. The occupiers included him in a group of prisoners who were forced to dig up and burn the corpses of Jews shot in Babyn Yar. He was also among those who survived the nighttime escape from the camp in September 1943. Then he fought in the Red Army and killed in 1944 on the territory of Poland. He managed to send several letters to his wife, describing his wanderings in the occupied city of Kyiv. After returning from evacuation, she sought out all those who risked their lives to save her husband. To all residents of the street Babyn Yar, who were involved in the rescue of Solomon Horodetskyi and Isak Brodskyi, was awarded the title of the Righteous of Babyn Yar in 1994.

In 2000, Yad Vashem recognized Volodymyr and Pelaheia Savytskyi, Nataliia Tkachenko, Liudmyla Zavorotna and Ioanna Yevhenieva as Righteous Among the Nations.