German Lawyer, Member of #EuropeanParliament #MEP #EP
Speaking on #BabaZhenya
She survived the #Holocaust
She froze to death last month, age 84
Inside her apartment in #Kyiv
Due to #Putin #bombing #Ukraine's #infrastructure
#UkraineWar #Europe #EU #Deutschland #Germany #Russia #genocide
#BabaZhenya aka Yevhenia Besfamilnaya. Meaning nameless. So named by the orphanage where she was raised: she had survived the #Holocaust alone
She spoke only Yiddish and Russian. She was cranky and asocial. Neighbors looked out for her
Murdered by #Putin
A shattered life bookended by horrors
A neighbor remembered the last time he saw her:
"The look on her face was special in some way. Like she was saying: ‘OK, that’s it. You can stay here, but I’m going’"
