Shyndybylo Ivan and Feodora, Budzinska (Shyndybylo) Halyna

Ivan Shyndybylo lived with his wife Feodora and three daughters in the village of Zelenche in Khmelnytskyi region. The Jewish family of Marianskyi lived in the neighborhood. Moisei worked as a teacher of physics and mathematics, and Eva was a housewife.

In July the region was occupied by German troops and soon the Marianskyi family and other Jews of the village were forced to move to the ghetto in Proskuriv (current Khmelnytskyi) by order of the occupation authorities. On November 4, 1941, a mass shooting took place in the city. During the day, 5,300 people were killed. In total, in the second half of 1941, more than 40 thousand Jews were executed in Khmelnytskyi.

The Marianskyi family managed to avoid being shot and return to the village. At night, they hid in a barn in the Shyndybylos' yard. In the morning, Ivan came to tend cattle and found the teacher and his wife. The Jews begged their neighbor for help. Despite the danger, Ivan and Feodora decided to rescue the fugitives. They were left in the barn together with the cattle, given warm clothes. 12-year-old daughter Halyna brought hot food to the Jews every day. The girl put a pot of soup in a bucket and covered it with a towel, and poured husks on top to make it look like cattle feed. Such a conspiracy was invented so that the neighbors would not suspect anything.

Moisei and Eva remained in the Ukrainian family until the arrival of the Red Army. On the day of the recapture of the village, Soviet soldiers entered into the Shyndybylos' house. Feodora treated them to dinner. She also brought Moisei and Eva to the table to celebrate this day together. A neighbor, who happened to look into their house, was very surprised to see the Marianskyi family at the table, because everyone thought they had been shot. Feodora said they came with the soldiers. Moisei went to the front, and Eva moved to Dunaivtsi, where it was safer.

After the war, Moisei continued teaching. In 1946, a daughter was born in the family. Throughout their lives, the rescuers and the rescued maintained friendly relations.

In 2009, Yad Vashem recognized Ivan and Feodora Shyndybylo and their daughter Halyna Budzinska (Shyndybylo) as Righteous Among the Nations.