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My mother’s older brother Yankel was born in 1875. He finished cheder and could read and write in Yiddish and Russian. He followed into his father’s footsteps and became a tailor. Yankel lived in Mayaki and was married twice. His first wife Milia, a Jew, was a housewife. They had four children. After his wife died he remarried. His second wife Golda, also a Jew, was a housewife. They had six children.
During the Great Patriotic War fascists shot Yankel, Golda and their daughter Chasia in Mayaki in 1941. Yankel’s son Lyova perished at the front on the first days of the war. Yankel’s older daughter Zhenia lived in Odessa. She was married and had two sons and a daughter. During the war they were in evacuation somewhere. Lyova and Zhenia were Yankel’s children from his first wife Milia. I have no information about his other children from both marriages.
My mother’s other brother Zeilik was born in 1877. He finished cheder and could read and write in Yiddish and Russian. He also became a tailor. He got married and had two daughters and three sons. He lived in Mayaki. He died in Mayaki before the Great Patriotic War. I don’t remember what caused his death. His daughters Milia and Sima live in Odessa. I have no information about his sons.
My mother’s older sister Molka was born in 1880. She had no education. She married a Jewish man. Her husband, Yudka Kopshtyk, was a shoemaker. They had three daughters and two sons. Molka and her husband starved to death in 1921.
Their older son Mohnes was a shoemaker. He was raising his brothers and sisters after their parents died. Molka’s daughter Basia starved to death in Mayaki in the 1920s. Mohnes perished at the front during the Great Patriotic War. Milia and Taba evacuated to Middle Asia. Milia lived in Astrakhan after the war. Taba moved to Odessa after the war. Boris was at the front. He was wounded several times, but he survived. After the war he lived somewhere in Kuban [Krasnodarskiy region, Russia]. He was the director of a shoe shop. This is all the information I have about them.
During the Great Patriotic War fascists shot Yankel, Golda and their daughter Chasia in Mayaki in 1941. Yankel’s son Lyova perished at the front on the first days of the war. Yankel’s older daughter Zhenia lived in Odessa. She was married and had two sons and a daughter. During the war they were in evacuation somewhere. Lyova and Zhenia were Yankel’s children from his first wife Milia. I have no information about his other children from both marriages.
My mother’s other brother Zeilik was born in 1877. He finished cheder and could read and write in Yiddish and Russian. He also became a tailor. He got married and had two daughters and three sons. He lived in Mayaki. He died in Mayaki before the Great Patriotic War. I don’t remember what caused his death. His daughters Milia and Sima live in Odessa. I have no information about his sons.
My mother’s older sister Molka was born in 1880. She had no education. She married a Jewish man. Her husband, Yudka Kopshtyk, was a shoemaker. They had three daughters and two sons. Molka and her husband starved to death in 1921.
Their older son Mohnes was a shoemaker. He was raising his brothers and sisters after their parents died. Molka’s daughter Basia starved to death in Mayaki in the 1920s. Mohnes perished at the front during the Great Patriotic War. Milia and Taba evacuated to Middle Asia. Milia lived in Astrakhan after the war. Taba moved to Odessa after the war. Boris was at the front. He was wounded several times, but he survived. After the war he lived somewhere in Kuban [Krasnodarskiy region, Russia]. He was the director of a shoe shop. This is all the information I have about them.
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