Tag #147277 - Interview #78416 (Meyer Markhasin)

Novozybkov was a small but a very cozy town. Father purchased a beautiful two-storied house where we lived, and two small wooden houses near the big one: one in its courtyard and the other just beside, with windows overlooking the street. We leased wooden houses to other families. There was a veranda with colored glass windows. We had a huge fruit garden. The houses were heated by ovens. We prepared firewood for the winter. We had no helpers about the house. Everything was done by mother alone. She could handle the household and her four small children; she was a really hard-working woman. She was a very kind and caring mother. We had some books at home: classical Russian literature and Jewish books - Torah, religious books. My parents read newspapers.