With millions of refugees fleeing Ukraine, many of them are going to Poland to find shelter at a Jewish community center run by a native New Yorker.
In this Eyewitness News special, we look at the local charities and heroes who are stepping up to help Ukraine following Russia's invasion of the country.
About 90% of Krakow's Jewish population were exterminated by Adolf Hitler. For 30 years, Ornstein, who was born in Forest Hills, has made it his mission to keep their memory alive at the local Jewish community center he runs."We understand as another community Ukrainians are being victimized, we have to have learn the lesson of the holocaust which is not to be indifferent and not to stand silent as others are being victimized," Ornstein said.
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