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Weeks. >> yeah. >> translator: i may look the same on the outside but my character has changed because im ready for war at all times. the siren starts to go off and you realize your life is in danger. you realize that you may never see your family again. thats what changed my character. >> reporter: inside katyas home, a chance to look over why ala and liza ended up in israel. more than 80 years ago, in 1941, alas great grandparents yvonne and tatiana saved the life of a young jewish man and sov...

Among the nations for helping save the life of a jew during the holocaust. that act of salvation now paid forward. katya is hosting ala and liza after their terrifying journey out of ukraine. emotional, recalling the last three weeks, including nearly 24 hours on a train that came under fire near kyiv. we were told to turn off our phones and turn off the lights. so, you understand how scary it all was. that even small children, 2 or 3 years old, they understood that something terrible was going ...

Torn country because of refugee quotas. some ukrainians are finding safe harbor in israel. we have a remarkable story of an israeli woman who welcomed two ukrainian refugees and the family history that brought them together. >> reporter: for hours katya waited anxiously for two ukrainian refugees to emerge from tel avivs airport. finally, she spots them. alamysiuk and her daughter leesa. its a warm embrace, but before today they had never met. she is a researcher at the holocaust memorial and mu...

Same on the outside, but my character has changed because im ready for war at all times. the fighting starts and you realize that your life is in danger. you realize that you may never see your family again. thats what changed my character. >> reporter: inside katyas home, a chance to look over why alah and leesa ended up in israel. more than 80 years ago in 1941 allahs great grandparents saved the life of a young jewish man and soviet soldier named victor rudnick. documents show how they shelte...

>> translator: i may look the same on the outside, but my character has changed because im ready for war at all times. you realize that your life is in danger, you realize that you may never see your family again. thats what change mid character. >> reporter: inside katyas home, a chance to look over why ala and liza ended up in israel. more than 80 years ago in 1941, alas great grandparents saved the life of a young jewish man and soviet soldier named victor r ru dni k. documents show how they ...

Forward. katya is hosting alah and leesa after their terrifying journey out of ukraine. they grow emotional recalling the last three weeks including 24 hours on a train that came under fire near kyiv. >> translator: we were told to turn off our phones and turn off the lights. so you understand how scary it all was, that even small children 2 or 3 years old, they understood that something terrible was going on and even they were silent. they were afraid. we lay like that for an hour and a half ea...

Made it to poland and soon onto the plane to tel aviv. for now, ala and liza say they feel safe taken in by katyas family like alas did for victor so many years ago. >> this bonding -- this bond of helping people. its -- its just normal. it should be because if you do a good thing, it will be back to you in one way or -- or another. >> reporter: hadas gold, cnn, israel. >> beautiful story. want to help people in ukraine with shelter, food, and water? just go to cnn.com/impact. there, you are goi...

Ukraine. um, we are welcoming state. we are a welcoming people. we are a nation of immigrants. we are a state -- a state that was built by immigrants. >> some of the people who fled their homes in ukraine are finding safety in israel, including a woman and her daughter with with unique historical ties to that country. cnns hadas gold reports. >> reporter: for hours, katya waited anxiously for two ukrainian refugees to emerge from tel avivs airport. finally, she spots them. its a warm embrace but...