Пом’яни, Jesus, victims of the Catastrophe and its Heroes

At one of the first exhibitions, created for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Chernihiv Historical Museum named after V.V.. Unique relics were presented to Tarnowski, provided by the Chernihiv Jewish community. Among them,, personal medal and certificate (diploma, diploma) Righteous Mary Trubenok.

The honorary title of "Righteous Among the Nations" is awarded on behalf of the State of Israel 1953 year rescuers (non-Jews), тим, who during the occupation, risking their own lives, helped the Jews escape. The basis for obtaining this title is to provide assistance without expecting any reciprocal financial benefit. Only the Jewish community nominates candidates.

Ukraine ranks 4th in the world in the number of Righteous, although the country joined the process rather late. This is due to many factors. The names of eighteen Righteous are known in Chernihiv region today, but this figure is not final. On sorry, many stories will remain unknown.

Name of Maria Trubenok (1890–1971) from the village of Koshany Ostersky (Kozeletsky) district forever carved on the Wall of Honor in the Garden of the Righteous at the National Memorial of Catastrophe and Heroism of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.

Maria Kuzmivna gave shelter to Xavi Gutman and her eleven-year-old daughter Mani (Mary). They have come a long way, fleeing from Zhytomyr, miraculously escaped from Babyn Yar (Xavi's parents and other relatives remained there forever). Exhausted, knocked on Mary's house, and so lived in her, as "relatives" to 1943 year. After the expulsion of the Nazis from the Chernihiv region, Hava found her husband and the family kept in touch with their rescuer all their lives..

Do 1995 Yad Vashem was awarded the honorary title of "Righteous Among the Nations" by Maria Trubenok, sorry for, посмертно. For a long time, the medal and diploma were in the Israeli embassy in Ukraine. Then the woman's relatives could not be found, and, at the request of Semyon Bellman, the awards were donated to the Chernihiv Jewish community.

Do 2020 A memorial plaque was erected in the village of Koshany of the Righteous Maria Trubenok in.

У січні 2021 Iryna Lipkina, Director of BEF Esde Esther, presented the awards of the Righteous Maria Trubenok to the Chernihiv Historical Museum named after V.V.. Tarnovsky, where they will find a worthy place in the museum collection, and will later be presented in a new exhibition, dedicated to the events of World War II.

Head of the scientific and exposition department of the museum Вікторія Мудрицька