Boruch Ragozhik and his family

I was given this picture in September 1989 when I visited Israel. The picture was taken there in 1950. These are my brother Boruch Ragozhik, his wife and children. He had triplet girls and a boy. They were born after the war in Israel. One of the girl's name is Dvoira. I don’t remember the rest. They are currently living in Israel.

In the late 1930s, the time of farewells started. My aunt Chaya’s family, Yudita and Tuvia, left for Palestine. My brother Boruch followed them. By that time he was a good photographer and made pretty good money, but Zionist ideas, inherent in him, finally broke through and Boruch dreamed of Palestine. Mother cried as if knowing that she was saying good-bye to him for ever. 

Up to the 1970s we didn’t have any communication with Israel, as correspondence with this country was practically banned. Then my brother Boruch found us. He and his family had a prosperous life in Israel. He had gotten married a long time ago. He had worked as a photographer all those years. He owned a photo studio. In the late 1940s Boruch’s triplets were born: three girls. One of them was called Dvoira.