Full name

Dora Slobodianskaya (nNee Melman) (Jewish name: Dvoira)

Where and when were you born?

Faleshty (today Moldova), 1930

Where else did you live?

Chernovtsy

Your educational level?

Graduated from the Faculty of bBiology at Chernovtsy University

What sort of work do/did you do?

Biology teacher in a Russian secondary school

What was the level of religiosity in your parents' home? How were you raised?

I come from a very religious family that observed all Jewish traditions.

What is your mother tongue?

Yiddish

How many languages do you speak?

Russian, Romanian, Ukrainian

Where were you during the Holocaust?

In the Jewish ghetto in Ustye village, of Bershad district, Vinnitsa region


Siblings

Their names

Shmil Melman;
Rachel Dinishenskaya (nee Melman)

Where and when were they born?

Shmil: Faleshty (today Moldova), 1933
Rachel: Jewish ghetto in Ustye village, Bershad district, Vinnitsa region, 1942

What is their mother tongue?

Yiddish

Their educational level?

Both finished the College of Light Industry in Chernovtsy

Their occupations?

Shmil: production engineer in a garment shop
Rachel: forewoman in a garment shop

Where do/did they live?

1.Shmil: Bat-Yam (Israel)
Rachel: Chernovtsy

Where else did they live?

Shmil: Chernovtsy

Do they have children?

Shmil: Мikhail (born in 1958) and Svetlana (born in 1962)
Rachel: Leonid (born in 1964), Dmitriy (born in 1967)

Where and when did they die?

2.Rachel: Chernovtsy, 1989


Spouse

Name?

Boris (Berl) Slobodianskiy (Jewish name: Berl)

Where and when was he/she born?

Poyana village, Rezin district, (today Moldova), ,1926

Where else did he live?

Chernovtsy

Is he/she Jewish?

Yes

What is his/her mother tongue?

Yiddish

His/her educational level?

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics at ChernovtsyChernovtsy Uuniversity

Occupation?

Production manager in a /garment factory in Chernovtsy
Children

Their names?

Polina (Pesia-Perl) Slobodianskaya (Jewish name: Pesia-Perl)

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

She wasn’t raised Jewish but identifies herself as a Jew.

Where and when were they born?

Chernovtsy, 1959

Where else did they live?

Ivano-Frankovsk

Their educational level?

Finished the Music Finished pPedagogical cCollege in Ivano-Frankovsk

Their occupations?

Music teacher at a music school in Chernovtsy

How many grandchildren do you have?

Marina (born in 1981)

His name?

Wolf Melman

Where and when was he was born?

Faleshty (today Moldova), 1901

Where else did he live?

Chernovtsy

Where and when did he die?

Chernovtsy, 1968

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Fur specialist; owned a fur shop before 1940 where he made hats, collars and coats

What was his level of religiosity?

He was religious: he observed Jewish traditions, prayed daily, went to the synagogue on Saturday and on Jewish holidays. He had his own seat in the synagogue. He celebrated Sabbath and 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.)

They were all born in Faleshty.
Motl Melman (1897–1941): lived in Kalineshty, was a farmer, married to Rekhl and had 5 children: Srul, Khona, Reizl, Khova and Moishe (twins). His whole family perished in 1941 when the Germans occupied Kalineshty.
Zeilik Melman (1903–1960s): lived in Chernovtsy, was a shoemaker, married and had 2 sons (both are engineers, married and have children).
Feige Rozhansky (nee Melman) (1905–1941): lived in Faleshty, was married to Yekhil Rozhansky. She was a housewife, her husband a shoemaker. Shot with her husband and two daughters (the younger one, born in 1930, was called Tube-Rekhl) by the fascists in Faleshty in 1941.

Where was he during the Holocaust?

In the Jewish ghetto in Ustye village, of Bershad district, Vinnitsa region

If he survived, what did he do after?

Lived in Chernovtsy,lLaborer at the garment factory in Chernovtsy


Your father’s father name?

Aron-Itzyk Melman

Where and when was he born?

Faleshty (today Moldova), 1860s

Where else did he live?

-–

Where and when did he die?

Faleshty, 1941 1938

What sort of education did he have?

Yeshivah

What sort of work did he do?

Shammashomes at the main synagogue in Faleshty

What was his level of religiosity?

He was very religious: he observed all Jewish traditions, prayed daily, read religious books and went to the synagogue every day. He had a pew at the synagogue. He celebrated Sabbath and 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.)

His brothers and sisters moved to the US, Palestine and Argentina at the end of the 19th century. (No more information)

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before

Your father’s mother’s name?

Dvoira Melman (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

Faleshty (today Moldova), 1870s

Where else did she live?

–

Where and when did she die?

Faleshty, 1912

What sort of education did she have?

Educated at home (her mother and father taught her to read and write) can you specify it, please? private teacher, parents, etc?

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

She was very religious: she observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue on Saturdays and Jewish holidays. She had a pew at the synagogue. She celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays and followed the kashrut.

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

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Died before

Her name?

Golda Melman (nee Shnaiderman)

Where and when was she was born?

Faleshty (today Moldova), 1905

Where else did she live?

Chernovtsy

Where and when did she die?

Chernovtsy, 1983

What sort of education did she have?

Educated at home (her mother and father taught her to read and write)can you specify it please?

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

She was religious: she observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue on Saturdays and Jewish holidays. She had a pew at the synagogue. She celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays and followed the kashrut.

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.)

They were all born in Faleshty.
Nehama Tirerman (nee Shnaiderman) (1907–1941): was married and a housewife. Nehama and her husband Shopse Tirerman were shot in Faleshty in 1941.
Mindl Kessler (nee Shnaiderman) (1910–1990s): was married and a housewife. Mindl and her husband, Avrum Kessler were communists. They were in the ghetto in Ustye village, Vinnitsa region during WWII. Their daughter, Esphir, was born in the ghetto in 1942. After the war Mindl and her family moved to Israel.
Sheindl Fishman (nee Shnaiderman) (1913–1941): was married to Shaya Fishman and a housewife. Sheindl and her one-year old daughter, Esther, were shot in 1941.
Yankel Shnaiderman (1916–1942): was a shoemaker and single. He was in captivity during WWII and recorded missing.
Shmil Shnaiderman (1918–1942): was a tractor operator and single. He was in captivity during WWII and recorded missing.
Khaya Kislyuk (nee Shnaiderman) (1922–1991): was married to Pinia Kislyuk, had a son, Arkadiy, and a daughter, Nina. Khaya was a tractor operator before the war and a housewife after the war. She moved to Israel with her family in the 1970s. Nina and her husband live in Beer-Sheva, Israel, Arkadiy and his family live in Canada.

Where was she during the Holocaust?

In the Jewish ghetto in Ustye village, of Bershad district, Vinnitsa region

If she survived? what did she do after?

Lived in Chernovtsy, was a housewife

Your mother father’s name?

Shloime Shnaiderman

Where and when was he born?

Faleshty (today Moldova), 1870s

Where else did he live?

–

Where and when did he die?

Faleshty, 1941

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Fur specialist, owner of a fur shop (before 1940)

What was his level of religiosity?

He was very religious: he observed Jewish traditions, prayed daily and went to the synagogue on Saturdays and Jewish holidays. He had a pew at the synagogue. He celebrated Sabbath and 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.)

No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Shot by the fascists in June 1941


Your mother mother’s name?

Perl Shnaiderman (nNee ?)

Where and when was she born?

Faleshty (today Moldova), 1870s

Where else did she live?

–

Where and when did she die?

Jewish ghetto in Ustye village, ofBershad district, Vinnitsa region,
1942

What sort of education did she have?

Educated at home (her mother and father taught her to read and write)specifically:

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

She was very religious: she observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue on Saturdays and Jewish holidays. She had a pew at the synagogue. She celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays and followed the kashrut.

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

Where was she during the Holocaust?

In the Jewish ghetto in Ustye village, of Bershad district, Vinnitsa region (where she starved to death in 1942)

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