Vanda Obiedkova hid in a Mariupol basement to escape the Nazis during the Holocaust. She died at 91, sheltering underground during Russian bombardment.
Vanda Obiedkova was 10 years old when German troops occupied Mariupol, a strategic port city in the south of Ukraine, in 1941.escaped arrest by hiding in a basement, according to, the official website of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Thousands were removed from Mariupol and executed, including Obiedkova’s mother. She survived the war.More than eight decades later, once again trapped in a basement as Russian forces bombarded the city for weeks, Obiedkova lost her latest battle. She was 91.
Before the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, Mariupol — located between Russian-annexed Crimea and areas of eastern Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists — had a population of about 430,000. Officials in Ukraine say that up toAt 10 years old, Vanda Obiedkova survived the German occupation of Mariupol. Vanda was 91 when
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