Those we have lost

Olga Naomi Romashkin, 28: Devoted sister was ‘loyal, funny, generous’

Murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7

Olga Naomi Romashkin (Courtesy)
Olga Naomi Romashkin (Courtesy)

Olga Naomi Romashkin, 28, from Petah Tikva, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7.

Olga’s last contact was with her sister Dalia, at 8:12 a.m. that morning, when she told her she was at Re’im. For several days, her family searched for any sign of her until her body was identified.

She was buried in Tel Aviv and is survived by her parents, Irena and Alexander, brother Sergei and sister Dalia.

She had a bachelor’s degree in business and a master’s degree in administration from The College of Law and Business in Ramat Gan.

Dalia wrote in a eulogy that she and Olga were very close, and had even joked about going to a nursing home together when the time came. She said that Olga had been bullied in her childhood but had only used it to become stronger.

“She looked like a skinny and beautiful girl, but in her personality, she was brave and knew how to handle herself with other people,” Dalia wrote, adding that Olga was very spiritual and loved astrology.

“She taught me everything I know, she prepared me for every significant milestone in life and showed me so much love as her little sister,” Dalia wrote. “She helped me pass my first driving test, offered to move out of our parents’ house to a shared apartment and brought her cat, Cleo. She was my female role model, and thanks to her, I had high self-esteem and grew up fast.”

Olga’s friend, Dolev, wrote in an online eulogy that she had been introduced to Olga and Dalia by their brother, Sergei, after she came back to Israel following a difficult divorce abroad and was lonely.

Dolev wrote that as soon as she entered Olga’s and Dalia’s apartment, “Olga’s magic made me feel that I was in the right place with the right person.”

Despite being shy and nervous, Dolev said that “after two words from her, we started to talk and talk without stopping, and between the lines, she understood in the smartest, most intelligent and mature way that my words came from a deep place. Somehow, in those few minutes, I told her everything I had been through, and I felt such warmth, love, and acceptance, and I felt like she had adopted me.”

From that moment on, Dolev wrote, Olga “always made sure to raise my confidence and let me know there was someone there for me.”

Olga’s friend from the army, Chen, wrote that Olga was a “loyal, funny, sarcastic, and generous friend.”

“She would tell me a lot about her family, and I felt how much she loved and appreciated them. I remember she would tell me about her sister and was very loving and protective of her.”

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