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Matilda Minsker

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Matilda Minsker
This picture is of my cousin Matilda. Father had sister Ginda. Ginda Persiz (Rubinstein) was born in the 1880-s. She was a housewife. Before WWII with family (husband Isaac Persiz and five children) lived in Kiev (Ukraine). During WWII all the family was in evacuation in Sverdlovsk. Ginda and Isaac died in 1942-1943 in Sverdlovsk. They had two daughters and three sons: Matilda, Raja (Rachel) , Zunja, Boris, Grigori. Matilda was born in Kiev . Studied in Leningrad (USSR), in a musical school. Worked in Leningrad as a music teacher. During WWII was in evacuation. She died in Leningrad (1992).

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