91-year-old Wanda Obedkova, who survived the German occupation of the city during World War II, died in Mariupol, the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum reported, citing the Israeli Internet portal chabad. org.

" 81 years later, she died in a basement in the same city, a victim of Russia's monstrous war,"

In the basement of her house, where Obyedkova was hiding from the bombing, she suffered from cold and lack of water and food, her daughter Larisa told the publication..

Obedkova died on April 4, her daughter's husband buried her in a public park in Mariupol, after which the family was able to leave the city. " We lived like animals,"

Wanda Obedkova was born in Mariupol on December 8, 1930. She was 10 years old when, in October 1941, units of the Wehrmacht entered the city and raids began on Jews living in the city.. After her mother was arrested, Wanda was able to hide in the basement of the house..

“She couldn’t scream, that’s what saved her,” said Larisa.

Wanda's mother was shot on the outskirts of Mariupol along with other Jews of the city - according to various estimates, then from 9 to 16 thousand Jews were killed. Wanda remained in Mariupol until the liberation of the city in 1943..

In 1998, Obyedkova spoke about her life and experience of the Holocaust to the USC Shoah Foundation.. “We had a cassette with her interview at home,” Larisa says, “But it all burned down along with our house.”.