Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova survived the Nazi occupation of Mariupol by hiding in a basement, and died in a basement in the same city 81 years later.
Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova died sheltering in freezing basement during Mariupol siegeA 91-year-old Holocaust survivor has died in a basement in the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol.reported that her daughter shared the news after arriving with the rest of her family at a safe location, saying she died April 4,"pleading for water" in a freezing basement.
Her daughter Larissa told the organization her mother only wanted to know one thing:"Why is this happening?"
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