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In summer 1939 my grandfather Itzyk, my father’s father, died. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Korolevo according to the Jewish traditions. All Jews and a rabbi from the synagogue that my grandfather attended came to his funeral. My father recited the Kaddish. My grandmother Etia sat shivah. Other women couldn’t join her since the rules required to not work for a whole week and they had to do their work.
In late fall 1940 grandmother Bruche-Etia, my mother’s mother, died. She also had a Jewish funeral. My grandfather and grandmother’s gravestones have been preserved. Only some letters on them have crumbled, but the gravestones are still there.
In late fall 1940 grandmother Bruche-Etia, my mother’s mother, died. She also had a Jewish funeral. My grandfather and grandmother’s gravestones have been preserved. Only some letters on them have crumbled, but the gravestones are still there.
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Korolevo
Ukraine
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Mozes Katz
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