Ilja Pavlovitsj Kovrizjko
1923–1945 (age 22)
Biography
Ilja Pavlovitsj Kovrizjko was born in 1923 and grew up as Europe felt the tremors of great tension. Even in quiet moments with his family, he absorbed the hope that better days could come, and he met each year with a steady calm and a desire to help where he could.
As the war years lengthened, Ilja carried that sense of service into the communities of the Czech lands, always attentive to neighbors and determined that compassion prevail despite hardship. He passed away in 1945, leaving behind the quiet strength that comforted so many around him.