My younger sister Betia Solomon (on the left) with her older daughter Rita, beside her is her husband's sister and her child. This photo was taken in 1950 in the village where they lived, Kalinovka I guess, and given to my mother.
My sister Betia went to study at the one-year accounting course after finishing school. After finishing this course she entered the Accounting Faculty of the Financial and Economic College in Vinnitsa where she met her future husband. I don’t remember his first name, but his last name was Solomon. He came from Kalinovka village near Vinnitsa. They got married in 1940 and Betia moved to live with her husband.
Betia and her husband moved to Vinnitsa in 1940s. She went to work as an accountant in the State Bank department in Vinnitsa. In 1946 Betia's daughter Rita was born and in 1949 - her second daughter Maria was born.
My brother and his family and my sister and her husband moved to Israel in 1980s. My sister’s daughters and their families stayed here. We occasionally wrote each other, but not often. This correspondence could do no harm to us - we were pensioners, and were not members of the party. However, there wasn’t much to write about. We still correspond. My brother’s wife has passed away. My brother lives in an elderly people’s home in Tel Aviv. My sister also moved to the elderly people’s home after her husband died. They can see each other often. They are in good care and are both happy. My brother’s children also live in Israel. They have their families. My sister’s older daughter and her family lives in Moldova, and the younger one - in Germany. We have no contacts.
