Full name

Baby Pisetskaya

Where and when were you born?

Uman, Cherkassy region, 16th May 1924

Where else did you live?

Kursk (today Russia), Odessa

Your educational level?

Graduated from the Faculty of Aircraft Building of Voronezh Aviation College

What sort of work do/did you do?

Logistics supervisor in Epsilon plant, Odessa

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

My family was religious; my parents observed all Jewish holidays and fasted at Yom Kippur.

What is your mother tongue?

Yiddish

What other languages do you speak?

Russian, Ukrainian

Where were you during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Antonovka, Taldy-Kurgan region (today Kazakhstan); Tashkent (today Uzbekistan), 1941-1943

What did you do after the Holocaust?

Logistics supervisor


Siblings

Their names

Syoma Pisetskaya (born 1921, died of diphtheria in the same year)
Shelia Pisetskaya

Where and when were they born?

Uman, Cherkassy region, 13th April 1926

What is their mother tongue?

Yiddish

Their educational level?

Secondary school, course of post office employees in Kishinev

Their occupations?

Mail transportations manager in Odessa Central Post Office

Where do/did they live?

Odessa

Where else did they live?

Kursk (today Russia), Moscow (today Russia)

Do they have children?

One son: Sergei, born in 1963

Where and when did they die?

Odessa, 1969


Spouse

Name?

Pavel Glukhov
Misha Tetelman

Where and when was he/she born?

Pavel: Ulianovsk (today Russia), 1923
Misha: Odessa, 1914

Where else did he/she live?

Pavel: Kursk (today Russia)
Misha: No information

Is he/she Jewish?

Pavel: no
Misha: yes

What is his/her mother tongue?

Pavel: Russian
Misha: Yiddish

His/her educational level?

Pavel: Military Flying School
Misha: Secondary school

Occupation?

Pavel: military pilot
Misha: engraver

Where and when did he/she die?

Pavel: no information
Misha: Odessa, 1967

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).

Pavel: one brother
Misha: no information
Children

Their names?

Vladimir Pisetski
Flora Tetelman

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

They were not raised religiously, but they identified themselves as Jews and observed the Jewish holidays

Where and when were they born?

Vladimir: Kursk (today Russia), 21st January 1946
Flora: Odessa, 1949

Where else did they live?

Vladimir: Odessa

Their educational level?

Vladimir: Odessa machine tool plant college
Flora: secondary school

Their occupations?

Vladimir: Production engineer in radial drilling unit plant, Odessa
Flora: quality controller in Epsilon plant, Odessa

How many grandchildren do you have?

Vladimir: from 1st marriage: Viacheslav, born in 1968; from 2nd marriage: Felix, born in 1973

His name?

Fridel Pisetski

Where and when was he born?

Odessa, 1901

Where else did he live?

Uman, Cherkassy region; Kursk (today Russia)

Where and when did he die?

Odessa, 1973

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Barber

How religious was he?

He was moderately religious, observed all Jewish holidays, went to the synagogue, fasted but did not follow the kashrut.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: which army and what years?

Soviet army, 1941–1942

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
Yakov Pisetski / Odessa,1899 - Kharkov, 1988 / Party official / Jewish wife
Milia Pisetskaya (nee ?)
?-1980s / Luba Gorwitz (1920), Flora (1924) / Not religious
Betia Skliar
(nee Pisetskaya) / Odessa, 1903 - Odessa, 1978 / Housewife / Jewish husband Pinchus Skliar, shoemaker, perished in 1941 / Syoma (1925-1971), Rosa (1937) / Observed Jewish traditions and holidays
Semyon Pisetski / Uman,1905 - Moscow, 1970s / No information / Jewish wife Rosa Pisetskaya
(nee ?) / Mitia (1927-1999), Lyolia (1929-2000s) / No information
Manya Kalika
(nee Pisetskaya) / Uman,1907 - Tashkent, 1977 / Housewife / Jewish husband David Kalika
?-1972 / Busia (1930), Arkadi (1934-1976) / No information
Izia Pisetski / Uman, 1909 – 1971, Odessa / Administrator in Philharmonic / Jewish wife Manya Pisetskaya
(nee ?) / Beba (1930), Polia (1937), Sopha (1937-1980) / No information
Ida Konstantinovskaya (nee Pisetskaya) / Uman,1911 - Odessa, 1993 / Shop assistant / Jewish husband Isaac Konstantinovski, perished in 1941 / Sopha (1936-1999) / Observed Jewish holidays
Isaac Pisetski / Uman, 1913 – perished in the 1940s / No information / Jewish wife
Riva Pisetskaya
(nee ?)
worked at tea factory / Gisia, Abrasha / No information
Chaya Meyerson (nee Pisetskaya) / Uman,1919 – Odessa, 2000 / Worked in a diner / Jewish husband Israel Meyerson, perished in 1943 / Senia (1937) / Observed all Jewish holidays

Where was he during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Antonovka, Taldy-Kurgan region (today Kazakhstan), 1943

If he survived, what did he do after?

Barber in Odessa


Your paternal grandfather’s name?

Menachem-Nuchem Pisetski

Where and when was he born?

Odessa, 1878

Where else did he live?

Uman, Cherkassy region

Where and when did he die?

Odessa, 1954

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Tailor

How religious was he?

He was religious, followed the kashrut, wore a kippah but didn’t wear a beard. He prayed at home and also went to the synagogue, fasted at Yom Kippur, observed all Jewish holidays.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: which army and what years?

None

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
Max Pisetski / Odessa, ? – London (United Kingdom), ? / No information / No information / No information / No information
Rachil ?
(nee Pisetskaya) / No information / No information / No information / No information / No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Tashkent (today Uzbekistan), 1941-1944

If he survived what did he do after?

Tailor in Odessa

Your paternal grandmother’s name?

Riva-Zelda Pisetskaya (nee Karasyova)

Where and when was she born?

Odessa, 1877

Where else did she live?

Uman, Cherkassy region

Where and when did she die?

Odessa, 1953

What sort of education did she have?

Grammar school

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

She was religious, followed the kashrut, wore a kerchief, went to the synagogue, observed all Jewish holidays, fasted at Yom Kippur.

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell me about her 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
Iosif Karasyov / Odessa, ? – ? / No information / No information / Mera, Beba, Naum / No information
Minia Berinskaya (nee Karasyova) / Odessa, ? – Odessa, 1941 / Housewife / Jewish husband Chaim Berinski, tailor / Motl, Favel, Chovele, Misha
all except Misha perished in Odessa, 1941 / No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Tashkent (today Uzbekistan), 1941-1944

If she survived what did she do after?

Housewife

Her name?

Sonia Pisetskaya (nee Grabovа)

Where and when was she born?

Ternovka, Gaisin district, Vinnitsa region, 1902

Where else did she live?

Uman, Kursk (today Russia), Odessa

Where and when did she die?

Odessa, 1980

What sort of education did she have?

Cheder for girls

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

She didn’t wear a kerchief, didn’t observe Sabbath but went to the synagogue on high holidays, observed all Jewish holidays, fasted at Yom Kippur.

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell me about her 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
Foma Grabov / Ternovka, 1904 – perished at the front in 1942 / Confectioner / Jewish wife Genia / Asia (1938) / Observed all Jewish holidays
Rachil Shwartz (nee Grabovа) / Ternovka, 1908 – Odessa, ? / Shop assistant / Jewish husband David Shwartz
?- 1942 / Boria (1930-1998), Ania (1938) / Observed all Jewish holidays
Rosa Olchedoevskaya (nee Grabovа) / Ternovka, 1910 - Khabarovsk, ? / No information / Jewish husband Misha Olchedoevski / Two children / No information
Luba Khotimskaya (nee Grabovа) / Ternovka, 1913 – Kiev, 1990s / Housewife / Jewish husband Michael Khotimski, 1883-1970, director of brewery / None / Observed all Jewish holidays
half-sister Shelia Grabova / Ternovka, 1924 / Director of a shoe factory / Single / None / No information
half-brother Lyova / Ternovka, 1926 – Birobidzhan (today Russia), 1939 / No information / No information / No information / No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Antonovka, Taldy-Kurgan region (today Kazakhstan)

If she survived, what did she do after?

Housewife

Your maternal grandfather’s name?

Yakov Grabov

Where and when was he born?

Ternovka, Gaisin district, Podolsk province, 1870s

Where else did he live?

Birobidzhan (today Russia), Boguslav, Kiev region

Where and when did he die?

Boguslav, 1948

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Blacksmith

How religious was he?

He observed all Jewish traditions before 1920, but gave up Jewish traditions after he remarried a communist woman, after my grandmother’s death.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: which army and what years?

Tsarist army, 1914-1916

Tell me about his brothers and sisters.

No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Birobidzhan (today Russia)

If he survived what did he do after?

Lived in Boguslav, Kiev region, was a pensioner


Your maternal grandmother’s name?

Beila Grabovа (nee Yasinova)

Where and when was she born?

No information

Where else did she live?

No information

Where and when did she die?

Ternovka, Gaisin district, Vinnitsa region, 1917

What sort of education did she have?

No information

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

She was religious, wore a kerchief, followed the kashrut, observed Sabbath and the Jewish holidays.

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell me about her 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
? Yasinov / Ternovka, ? – ?, 1919, shot by bandits / Chairman of village council / Jewish wife Sara,
? – Lugansk, 1960s
(was later married to interviewees maternal grandfather) / Chaim (1913) / Atheist

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Died before

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