A tragic end to an extraordinary life unfolded this week at a Brooklyn nursing home, where a Holocaust survivor was found beaten to death in her bed

Galina Smirnova, 95, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon in the death of Nina Kravtsov, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor from Ukraine, at the Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Smirnova pleaded not guilty during her arraignment and is being held without bail at Rikers Island.

Galina Smirnova accused of murdering 89-year-old Holocaust survivor from Ukraine