During the Second World War, Polina Tarasevich (1905-1943), risking her life and the lives of her loved ones, hid a Jewish family - Anatoly Kasinsky (whose name was Kazriel Bernan until the war) and his mother and brother - in her home in Predtechenka (today Beržiškės). In the late autumn of 1943, as a result of a denunciation, the Germans came to Polina's house. Tarasevich managed to warn Anatoly of the imminent danger. Kasinski saved himself by escaping into the forest. On the other hand, Polina and Anatoly's brother and mother were arrested, taken to the forest and shot.

Polina Tarasevich was 38 years old when she was murdered in the forest near Jaszun (Jašiūnai). When her loved ones managed to find her body a few days later, they found out how she had died. She was not shot, she was beaten until she died. She was buried in the Porudomin (Parudaminys) cemetery next to her mother's grave.

In 2009, Polina Tarasevich was awarded the Cross for Saving the Disappeared (Žūstančiųjų gelbėjimo kryžius), a Lithuanian state decoration for people who save the lives of others. Polina Tarasevich was awarded Israel's highest honour bestowed on non-Jews - the medal 'Righteous Among the Nations' - awarded by the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem. In 2014, Polina Tarasevich's gravestone, which Anatoly Kasinski had sought to have erected, was consecrated.

Lithuanian architect Tauras Budzys left a mark on the gravestone - a special sign with which he marks the gravestones of people who have been awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations in Lithuania.