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Pupils of the Youth Club of the Hesed Besht Youth Foundation and volunteers from the Community visited veterans of World War II. Unfortunately, there are very few such people left. Most of them complain of poor health under the oppression of the inexorable time. But they are always happy to welcome guests, and especially children. In turn, the children prepared creative souvenirs for the liberators, made in the fine arts studio of the Thiya Community Center.
Yefim Khaimovich Lerner was extremely happy with the guests. Unfortunately, he could no longer see them or hear normally. The veteran is currently being helped by a social worker from the Hesed Besht Foundation, without whom the man cannot live. The hero's descendants live abroad and have repeatedly tried to take the elder of the family, but Yefim Khaimovich is a veteran with character and is not going to leave his native land. Since his senses are failing, the main source of information from the outside for the man remains touch. Therefore, shaking this veteran's hand is not just honorable, but also extremely informative. Despite his poor health, the elderly man was sincerely happy and thanked the guests, conveyed greetings by name to almost all the employees of the Foundation whom he remembers and thanked for their support throughout his life.
Alexander Izrailovich Shmaenik and his wife Roza Akimovna welcomed the guests with treats and sweets. Lively communication with representatives of Jewish youth is very important to them. The topic of the war faded into the background while the elderly couple questioned Maria Rosenblit, a member of the Youth Club, about what young people are living through now. “In our time, traditions and customs have been silenced,” says Roza Akimovna, “but the younger generation has been studying and knowing everything since childhood.” The warm meeting left pleasant memories for all its participants.
But Arkady Petrovich Vainer was visited by three children at once. His story deserves a larger audience: he recently told it to students of the College of Finance and Economics. Four times the occupiers tried to shoot the young Jewish boy, but never once did they bring the black business to an end. “I will not go to the pit,” says Arkady Petrovich. “I decided so, and if I had to be killed, then only in battle.” It was this life position that saved the young man in many ways, adding strength to fight for his life. In 1943, having reached draft age, he immediately joined the ranks of the Red Army, so that he could still remind the occupiers of himself.
Veterans who were unable to receive guests in their homes due to health reasons received postcards through patronage workers. Young people bow low to veterans for their exploits, thanks to which we now live and develop.
