The gravestone on the grave of Aron Pizman’s grandmother Surah Abramson , mother Nehama Pizman and aunt Rosa Abramson

The gravestone on the grave of my grandmother Surah Abramson , mother Nehama Pizman and my mother's older sister Rosa in the Jewish cemetery in Mogilyov-Podolskiy. This photo was taken in Mogilyov-Podolskiy in 1999.

In autumn 1943 there was an epidemic of enteric fever in the ghetto. My mother and I, my grandmother, my little brother and David, who lived with us in the room, fell ill. Many of our neighbors were also ill. Many people died from it. My grandmother Surah Abramson died a week later. My mother had high fever and could not even come to the cemetery. Uncle Shmil buried my grandmother in the cemetery. Later we installed a gravestone on her grave. David also died. Every day 150-200 people died in the ghetto. We were on or way to recovery.

Aunt Rosa died in 1962. She was buried in accordance with Jewish traditions in the Jewish cemetery in Mogilyov-Podolskiy, near my grandmother's grave.

In 1969 our mother died. At her request we buried her according to Jewish traditions in the Jewish cemetery in Mogilyov-Podolskiy. My mother's grave is near grandmother Surah and my mother sister Rosa's graves - 3 graves within one fence. My brother recited the Kaddish over our mother's grave.