Date uploaded: 2022-01-28 00:07:48

Isaak Tartakovsky was at the post office in Ukraine in 1953 when he spotted a woman he immediately recognized. Her name was Lidiya Savchuk, and her family had saved his life in German-occupied Ukraine during World War II by hiding his identity as a Jewish soldier in the Soviet army who escaped a German prison camp. The pair were reunited after nine years of not knowing what happened to the other and immediately rekindled the bond they had formed when Lidiya's family risked their lives to help Isaak. Soon after, "the story develops almost like it would be shown in Hollywood," the couple's son, Anatoly Tartakovsky, said. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, they share their story. Head over to our link in bio to read the read. #internationalholocaustremembranceday #holocaustremembranceday