Lenina Varshavskaya

1925–1944 (age 19)

Biography

Lenina Varshavskaya (1925–1944) served as a military physician who tended to the wounded with courage beyond her years, embodying compassion on the front lines.

Her short life was defined by selfless care for others during a time of tremendous peril, and she is honored at the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery.

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