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Rescuer of Former Chief Rabbi Lau to be Honored Tuesday
R. Waxman 03/08/2009 01:05
Fyodor Michajlitschenko, who risked his life to protect and care for little Yisrael Meir Lau in the Buchenwald concentration camp, will be honored in a ceremony in Israel on Tuesday. Fyodor was eighteen years old when he acted as Rabbi Lau's caretaker, and will be honored posthumously, by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial project as one of the "Righteous Among the Nations".