Zyniuk Pavlo and Tetiana, Nosal Olha

Pavlo and Tetiana Zyniuk lived in the town of Matseiv (now the village of Lukiv), 25 km from the city of Kovel in Volyn. The region was occupied by parts of the Wehrmacht from June 22 to July 8, 1941. On June 28, the first Nazi murders of Jews took place in the city of Kovel. The executions in the Zyniuks’ hometown took place in several stages, between July 14 and September 1.

Pavlo was approached by his old friend Yakiv Biber with a request to hide him and his wife for a while. The Zyniuk family sheltered the Jewish family and took care of them until the end of the occupation – until July 1944. Yakiv and Yeva periodically hid in the forests, and in the cold season they returned to Pavlo and Tetiana, where food, a change of clothes, and other necessities were always waiting for them.

The widow Olha Nosal also provided assistance to the Biebers family. Her husband was mobilized into the Polish army in 1939 and disappeared. The woman raised two children alone, lived very poorly, but always shared everything she could with Yakiv and Yeva.

After the war, the Biber family emigrated to the United States. They always remembered their rescuers and submitted a testimony of their rescue to Yad Vashem.

In 1990, Yad Vashem recognized Pavlo and Tetiana Zyniuk and Olha Nosal as Righteous Among the Nations.

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