a letter in the file written by yvonne describes how their town near kharkiv was bombed in 1943. the similars, down to the dates, haunting. translator: the germans bombed us from march 2nd to march 19th. every day, from morning to evening, for three days, we were hiding in our cellar. on march 5th, a bomb hit our barn. reporter: ala grows emotional over the pair lels to what the russian army is doing now. translator: they just destroy them. destroy them deliberately. destroy them ruthlessly because well, because it s genocide. it s just genocide of the ukrainian people. reporter: katya and ala s bond started when ala reached out to the museum a year ago via e-mail. simply seeking more information about her family. then, the war started and ala wrote again asking for help. and after days traveling by train, car, and on foot, they
the similarities down to the dates haunting. translator: the germans bombed us every day from morning to evening. for three days we were hiding in our cellar. on march 5th, a bomb hit our barn. ala grows emotional over the parallels to what the russian army is doing now. translator: they just destroyed them, destroy them deliberately, destroy them ruthlessly, because while because it s genocide. it s just genocide of the ukrainian people. reporter: katya and ala s bonds started when ala reached out to the museum a year ago via email, simply seeking more information about her family. then the war started and ala wrote again, asking for help. and after days traveling by train, car and on foot, they made to it poland and soon on to the plane to tel aviv. for now, ala and liza say they