Full name

Mark Derbaremdiker (Jewish name: Mordhai Eizer)

Where and when were you born?

Berdichev, Zhytomyr region, July 9, 1920

Where else did you live?

Kiev; Kuporosnoye, Stalingrad region; Orsk, Chkalov region (both today Russia)

Your educational level?

Kiev Light Industry University

What sort of work do/did you do?

Head of laboratory at Research Institute of the Leather Industry

What was the level of religiosity in your parent´s home? How were you raised?

Religious Jewish family that observed Jewish traditions

What is your mother tongue?

Yiddish

How many languages do you speak?

Russian, Ukrainian, German, French, English

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

None

Where were you during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Kuporosnoye, Stalingrad region; Orsk, Chkalov region (both today Russia)


Siblings

Their names

Abram Derbaremdiker
Yontoh Derbaremdiker

Where and when were they born?

Abram: Berdichev, 1913
Yontoh: Berdichev, 1923

What is their mother tongue?

Abram: Yiddish
Yontoh: Yiddish

Their educational level?

Abram: Kiev Agricultural Academy
Yontoh: Kiev Light Industry University

Their occupations?

Abram: chief engineer at Lvov association ‘Selelectro’
Yontoh: design engineer

Where do/did they live?

Abram: New York (USA)
Yontoh: New York (USA)

Where else did they live?

Abram: Kiev, Lvov
Yontoh: Kiev

Do they have children?

Abram: Eduard, born in 1948, engineer, is a programmer in New York, wife Tatiana is a programmer, daughter Elena
Yontoh: Son Peter, born in 1956, Academy of Agriculture in Kiev, is a businessman in New York, wife Klaudia, son Igor, who works in a bank

Spouse

Name?

Fira Derbaremdiker (nee Rabinovich) (Jewish name: Esphir)

Where and when was he/she born?

Kiev, 16th December 1923

Where else did he live?

Tomsk (today Russia); Kharkov and other towns during the war (evacuation hospital)

Is he/she Jewish?

Yes

What is his/her mother tongue?

Russian

His/her educational level?

Kiev University of Light Industry

Occupation?

Engineer

Where and when did he/she die?

Kiev, 2nd November 1995
Children

Their names?

Sulamyth Derbaremdiker

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

She was raised Jewish and identifies herself as a Jew

Where and when were they born?

Kiev, 29th December 1950

Where else did they live?

-

Their educational level?

Secondary school (10 years)

Their occupations?

Worked as a masseur (at present doesn’t work due to illness)

How many grandchildren do you have?

None

His name?

Levi-Itshak Derbaremdiker

Where and when was he was born?

Berdichev, Zhytomyr region, 1887

Where else did he live?

Kiev; Orsk, Chkalov region (today Russia)

Where and when did he die?

Kiev, 1972

What sort of education did he have?

CHheder

What sort of work did he do?

Clerk in a store, upholstery specialist, soap-maker

What was his level of religiosity?

Was religious: he went to the synagogue regularly, observed traditions, honored Sabbath, celebrated Jewish holidays and followed the kashrut

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: Which army and what years?

Tsarist army, 1914

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

all except Zakhar were born in Berdichev
Lazar Derbaremdiker (1885–1933): Leningrad, tanner, perished during the blockade of Leningrad (today St. Petersburg, Russia). Children: Asia, 1912-1970s, engineer; Haya, born in 1928, dentist, lives in New York (USA); Abram, born in 1915, lives in Rostov-on-Don (today Russia); Frida, born in 1920, economist, lives in New York.
Zakhar Derbaremdiker (1895–1978): born in Kiev, chief accountant, married, his daughter Polina lives in Israel.
Asia Derbaremdiker (1890–1911): died young of some disease
Zlata ? (nee Derbaremdiker) (1883–1970): housewife, married, four children, her son Abram lives in Israel.
Milka ? (nee Derbaremdiker) (1892–1932): Berdichev, housewife. Children: Klara, Lyova, Honia, Elka. Her husband, who was a tinsmith and her daughter Elka were killed in Berdichev in 1941.
Feiga ? (nee Derbaremdiker) (1893–1969): Berdichev, left for Birobidzhan in 1932, moved to Stalinabad (today Dushanbe, Tajikistan) in 1942. Children: Grisha perished on the front; Matvey, born in 1928, lives in Israel; daughters Asia and Shyfra moved to Israel in 1989. Shyfra died in Israel.

Where was he during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Orsk, Chkalov region (today Russia) (worked at the soap factory there)

If he survived, what did he do after?

Soap-boiler (retired in 1956)


Your father’s father name?

Mordko Derbaremdiker

Where and when was he born?

Berdichev, Zhytomyr region, 1859

Where else did he live?

-

Where and when did he die?

Berdichev, Zhytomyr region, 1919 (of Spanish flue)

What sort of education did he have?

CHheder, and educated at home

What sort of work did he do?

vVendor

What was his level of religiosity?

Religious: he went to the synagogue regularly, observed traditions, honored Sabbath, celebrated Jewish holidays and followed the kashrut.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: Which army and what years?

None

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

Ioel Derbaremdiker (1830–1933)
Lazar Derbaremdiker (?–1885)
Milka Derbaremdiker
Basia Derbaremdiker
(no more information on any of them)

Your father’s mother’s name?

No information

Where and when was she born?

Berdichev, Zhytomyr region, 1869

Where else did she live?

-

Where and when did she die?

Berdichev, Zhytomyr region, 1896 (died of cholera)

What sort of education did she have?

Educated at hhome

What sort of work did she do?

Hhousewife

What was her level of religiosity?

No information

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

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

No information

Her name?

Perl Derbaremdiker (nee Kventsel)

Where and when was she was born?

Berdichev, Zhytomyr region, 1890

Where else did she live?

Kiev; Orsk, Chkalov region (today Russia)

Where and when did she die?

Kiev, 1952

What sort of education did she have?

Educated at home (by her parents)

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife, seamstress (worked at home)

What was her level of religiosity?

Moderately religious: went to the synagogue every now and then, observed traditions and celebrated Jewish holidays.

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

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

Stepsister Gitl (on her father’s side), born in 1884, perished in 1941 in Berdichev
No information on other siblings

Where was she during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Orsk, Chkalov region (today Russia)

If she survived, what did she do after?

Housewife

Your mother’s father´s name?

Oizer Kventsel

Where and when was he born?

Berdichev, Zhytomyr region, 1860

Where else did he live?

No information

Where and when did he die?

Berdichev, Zhytomyr region, 1919

What sort of education did he have?

Educated at home (by his parents)

What sort of work did he do?

Vendor (selling kerosene), store owner

What was his level of religiosity?

Religious: he went to the synagogue regularly, observed traditions, honored Sabbath, celebrated Jewish holidays and followed the kashrut.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: Which army and what years?

None

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

Meyer Kventsel: teacher of Yiddish, died in Berdichev before the war. His daughter Eti (?-1930s) lived in Moscow.


Your mother’s mother’s name?

Entel Kventsel (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

Yanushpol near Berdichev, date unknown

Where else did she live?

Berdichev, Zhytomyr region

Where and when did she die?

Berdichev, Zhytomyr region, 1919 (of Spanish flue)

What sort of education did she have?

Educated at home (by her parents)

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

Religious: she went to the synagogue, observed traditions, honored Sabbath and celebrated religious holidays.

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

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

Sister Freidl: no more information

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