Full name

Ernest Galpert (Jewish name Aron)

Where and when were you born?

Mukachevo, 20th June 1923

Where else did you live?

Uzhgorod

Your educational level?

Graduated from the Mechanic Faculty of Odessa Machine Building College, Extramural Department

What sort of work do/did you do?

Chief engineer (at machine building plant Bolshevik)

How religious was your parents’ home? How were you raised?

My parents were very religious. We observed Sabbath and all holidays at home and followed the kashrut. I went to cheder and had my bar mitzvah. Our parents raised us, children, religiously.

What is your mother tongue?

Yiddish

What other languages do you speak?

Czech, Slovakian, Ivrit, Hungarian, German, Russian, Ukrainian

If you were in an army, tell us which army and the dates

Soviet army, 1945–1947

Where were you during the Holocaust?

At home: 1941–1944, Mukachevo; Forced labor: 1944–1945

What did you do after the Holocaust?

Engineer in Uzhgorod


Siblings

Their names

Olga Weingarten (nee Galpert) (Jewish name Friema)
Yona Stein (nee Galpert) (Jewish name Toby)

Where and when were they born?

Olga: Mukachevo, 1920
Yona: Mukachevo, 1925

What is their mother tongue?

Yiddish

Their educational level?

8 years of Czech secondary school

Their occupations?

Olga: accountant
Yona: housewife

Where do/did they live?

Olga: Haifa (today Israel)
Yona: Haifa

Where else did they live?

Olga: Karlovy Vary (today Czech Republic)
Yona: Karlovy Vary

Do they have children?

Olga: Shuah Weingarten (m), born in 1947, professor of informatics
Yona: Margalit ? (nee Stein) (f), born in 1950; Erit ? (nee Stein) (f), born in 1953


Spouse

Name?

Tilda Galpert (nee Akerman) (Jewish name Toby)

Where and when was he/she born?

Mukachevo, 1923

Where else did he/she live?

Uzhgorod

Is he/she Jewish?

Yes

What is his/her mother tongue?

Yiddish

His/her educational level?

Finished a party course

Occupation?

Clerk (in town administration office)

Tell me anything you know about his/her siblings (Name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, name of wife and children, whether their family is Jewish and whether it is religious)

Margarita Weiss (nee Akerman) (Jewish name Gitl) (f) (1909–1944): interpreter, attorney, lived in Mukachevo, observed Jewish traditions but not religious, she and her son Alexandr perished in Auschwitz (today Poland).
David Akerman (m) (1911–1942): winemaker, lived in Mukachevo, died in forced labor camp (exact place unknown)
Philip Akerman (Jewish name Fishi) (m) (1912–1987): engineer, two children, atheist
Serena Borkanyuk (nee Akerman) (Jewish name Surah) (f) (1914–1971): party official, two children, atheist
Gugo Akerman (Jewish name Gershi) (m) (1916–1942): died in forced labor camp (exact place unknown) (no more information)
Aron Akerman (m) (1918–1943): worker in a glass shop, single, perished in Gulag camp (exact place unknown)
Samuel Akerman (Jewish name Shmil) (m) (1925-1944): perished in Auschwitz (no more information)
Children

Their names?

Pyotr Galpert (Jewish name Pinchas)
Yuri Galpert (Jewish name Eshye)

Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews?

Both sons were raised Jewish and identify themselves as Jews

Where and when were they born?

Pyotr: Uzhgorod, 1951
Yuri: Uzhgorod, 1955

Where else did they live?

Pyotr: Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Yuri: Uzhgorod

Their educational level?

Pyotr: graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Engineering of Leningrad Optical Mechanical College
Yuri: graduated from Electric Engineering Faculty of Lvov Polytechnic University

Their occupations?

Pyotr: works at Siemens as worker, Frankfurt (Germany)
Yuri: engineer at a plant, at present regional director of Hesed, Uzhgorod

How many grandchildren do you have?

Yuri: Philip (m), 1975, lives in Israel, student in Netanya

His name?

Eshye Galpert

Where and when was he born?

Alsoverecke, Volovets district, Subcarpathia, 1896

Where else did he live?

Mukachevo

Where and when did he die?

Auschwitz (today Poland), 1944

What sort of education did he have?

Yeshivah in Nitra (today Slovakia)

What sort of work did he do?

Owner of a food store

How religious was he?

My father was a Hasid. He observed Jewish traditions and followed the kashrut. He went to the synagogue every day and prayed at home as well. He had a big beard and payes. He wore a kippah at home and a big black hat and frock coat to go out. He wore a yarmulka at Sabbath and on holidays. He observed Sabbath and all Jewish holidays at home.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: which army and what years?

Austro-Hungarian KuK army, 1912–1914; camp for prisoners-of-war in Russia, 1914–1918

Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)

Name / place and date of birth/death / occupation / biographical data and origins of spouse / biographical data of children / describe how religious they were
? Galpert (m) / Mukachevo, 1890s - Bogota (Columbia), ? / No information / No information / No information / No information
Moishe Galpert (m) / Mukachevo, 1890s – Michalovce (today Slovakia), ? / No information / No information / No information / No information
? (nee Galpert) (f) / Mukachevo, 1890s – Switzerland, ? / No information / Had husband / Had children / No information
Yankel Galpert (m) / Mukachevo, 1890s – Israel, ? / No information / No information / No information / No information
Berl Galpert (m) / Mukachevo, 1890s – Israel ? / No information / No information / No information / No information
Idl Galpert (m) / Mukachevo, 1890s – Auschwitz (today Poland), 1944 / Worker at the Jewish funeral bureau Chevra Kaddisha / Jewish wife
? Galpert
(nee Katz)
Hust, ? – Auschwitz, 1944 / ? / Were Hasidim, very religious
? (nee Galpert) (f) / Mukachevo, 1900s – ? / No information / No information / No information / No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Forced labor: 1941–1942, Hungary; Ghetto: 1942–1944, Mukachevo; Concentration camp: 1944, Auschwitz (today Poland), died there

Your paternal grandfather’s name?

Pinchas Galpert

Where and when was he born?

Alsoverecke, Volovets district, Subcarpathia, 1860s

Where else did he live?

Mukachevo

Where and when did he die?

Mukachevo, 1936

What sort of education did he have?

Yeshivah

What sort of work did he do?

Worker at the Jewish funeral bureau, Chevra Kaddisha

How religious was he?

Grandfather was a Hasid. He observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue every day and also prayed at home. He had a big beard and payes, wore a kippah at home and a big black hat and frock coat to go out. On Sabbath and holidays he wore a yarmulka. He observed Sabbath and Jewish holidays at home and followed the kashrut.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: which army and what years?

No information

Tell me about his brothers and sisters.

No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before

Your paternal grandmother’s name?

Laya Galpert (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

Place unknown, 1877

Where else did she live?

Alsoverecke/Nizhniye Vorota, Volovets region, Subcarpathia; Mukachevo

Where and when did she die?

Mukachevo, 1937

What sort of education did she have?

No information

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

Grandmother was religious. She observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue on Sabbath and Jewish holidays, observed Sabbath and Jewish holidays and followed the kashrut. I always saw her wearing a black kerchief.

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell me about his brothers and sisters.

No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Died before

Her name?

Perl Galpert (nee Kalush)

Where and when was she born?

Mukachevo, 1894

Where else did she live?

–

Where and when did she die?

Auschwitz (today Poland), 1944

What sort of education did she have?

4 years of Hungarian secondary school

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

My mother was religious. She observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue on Sabbath and Jewish holidays, observed Sabbath and Jewish holidays and followed the kashrut. She wore dark gowns and a wig.

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell me about his brothers and sisters.

name / place and date of birth/death / occupation / biographical data and origins of spouse / biographical data of children / describe how religious they were
Ghinda ?
(nee Kalush) (f) / Mukachevo, 1890s – Vonogradov, 1940 / Housewife / No information
tailor / Surah (f): Vonogradov, 1910s -?, 2 daughters Olga, died recently in Israel and Perl, lives in Canada;
Aron (m): Vonogradov, 1920s – Israel in kibbutz, 1980s, had six children;
Yankel (m): Vonogradov, 1920s, Israel in kibbutz, ?;
? (f): Vonogradov, ? – Budapest (today Hungary), 1970s / Religious
Yankel Kalush (m) / Mukachevo, 1890s – Mukachevo, 1944 / No information / No information / No information / No information
Nuchim Kalush (m) / Mukachevo, 1890s – Mukachevo, 1914 / No information / Single / None / No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

At home and then in Ghetto in Mukachevo; concentration camp: 1944, Auschwitz (today Poland), died there

Your maternal grandfather’s name?

Aron Kalush

Where and when was he born?

Place unknown, 1860s

Where else did he live?

Mukachevo

Where and when did he die?

Mukachevo, 1914

What sort of education did he have?

No information

What sort of work did he do?

Glass-cutter

How religious was he?

Grandfather was religious. He observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue, but I don’t know how often. They observed Sabbath and Jewish holidays and followed the kashrut.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: which army and what years?

No information

Tell me about his brothers and sisters.

No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before


Your maternal grandmother’s name?

Laya Kalush (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

Place unknown in Subcarpathia, 1870s

Where else did she live?

Mukachevo, Michalovce (today Slovakia)

Where and when did she die?

Auschwitz (today Poland), 1944

What sort of education did she have?

No information

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

Grandmother was religious. She observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue on Sabbath and Jewish holidays, observed Sabbath and Jewish holidays and followed the kashrut. She always wore a black kerchief.

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell me about his brothers and sisters.

No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Concentration camp: 1944, Auschwitz (today Poland), died there

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