Righteous Among The Nations

Righteous Among The Nations                                                                                                                                                                                                                 From 1935 the family was on friendly terms with the Zimmers from Sharkovshina. They also had business relations. At that time the Zimmers had their own restaurant, which the Belevichs supplied food to (agricultural products grown from their household).

Piotr Belevich studied at a school in Sharkovshina and frequented the Zimmers’ house. The Zimmers had eight children, who the boy was friendly with, especially the elder children – Tsilia, Grisha and Zalman.

In the summer of 1941 Sharkovshina region was occupied by Germans. Soon the fascists opened a ghetto, where Jews from all neighboring were brought. The Zimmers turned out in the ghetto as well.