Full name

Makhlia Khalzovа (nee Ostrover)

Where and when were you born?

Pistyn, Kosov district, Stanislav (today Ivano-Frankovsk) region (Ivano-Frankovsk), 1914

Where else did you live?

Krasnodar region (today Russia), Lvov

Your educational level?

Five years at the Polish elementary school, training at hospital for blood testing

What sort of work do/did you do?

Hospital attendant, lab assistant in hospital, cleaning woman at polyclinic

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

Very religious: They observed all traditions, attended the synagogue, followed the kashrut and celebrated Saturday.

What is your mother tongue?

Yiddish

How many languages do you speak?

Ukrainian, Polish, Russian

Where were you during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Krasnodar region (today Russia) on sanitary train


Siblings

Their names

Olia Ostrover
Khaya ? (nee Ostrover)
Alter Ostrover
Idlei Ostrover
Itta Vershkina (nee Ostrover) (Russian name: Lida)

Where and when were they born?

They were all born in Pistyn, Kosov district, Stanislav (today Ivano-Frankovsk) region
Olia: 1897-1899 (cause of death unknown)
Khaya: 1904
Alter2. :1908
Idlei: 3. 1912
Itta: 4. 1919

What is their mother tongue?

Yiddish

Their educational level?

Khaya: Polish grammar school (7 years)
Alter: Polish grammar school (7 years)
Idlei: educated at home
Itta: Polish grammar school (7 years)

Their occupations?

Khaya: dressmaker
Alter: tailor, cloth cutter
Idlei: didn’t work
Itta: passport clerk

Where do/did they live?

Khaya: Kalush, Stanislav region
Kosov, Lvov, Wrotzlav (Poland), Alter: Chicago (USA)
Idlei: Pistyn
Kosov, Krasnodar region, Itta: Lvov

Where else did they live?

nowhere else
Alter: 2.Kosov, Lvov, Wroclav (today Poland)
Idlei: 3.Pistyn
Itta: 4.Kosov, Krasnodar region

Do they have children?

Khaya: Shleima, Pasyu, perished with their mother in 1941
Alter: Yuri and Michael, born in Wroclav, live in Chicago (USA)
Idlei: none
Itta: Victor lives in Lvov, Tania lives in St. Petersburg (today Russia), Klava lives in Zhytomyr

Where and when did they die?

Khaya1.: disappeared in the woods near Kalush, 1941
Alter: 2. Chicago (USA), 1988
Idlei: 3. Perished shot in Pistyn, 1941


Spouse

Name?

Vassiliy Khalzov

Where and when was he/she born?

Tatarstan (today Russia), 1919

Where else did he live?

Krasnodar region (today Russia), Lvov

Is he/she Jewish?

No

What is his/her mother tongue?

Russian

His/her educational level?

Secondary school

Occupation?

Hospital attendant, mechanic at bakery factory

Where and when did he/she die?

Lvov, 1972
Children

Their names?

Ludmila Voronina (nee Khalzovа) (Jewish name: Leya)
Valentina Zarovskaya (nee Khalzovа)
Alla Khalzovа

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

Were not aware of their Jewish origin and didn’t identified themselves as Jews, but now observe Jewish traditions.

Where and when were they born?

All were born in Lvov
Ludmila: 1946
Valentina: 1949
Alla: 1953

Where else did they live?

All live inо Lvovnowhere else-

Their educational level?

Ludmila: business College
Valentina: secondary school
Alla: Lvov Polytechnic Institute

Their occupations?

Ludmila: accountant
Valentina: passport clerk
Alla: engineer, cook in Hesed

How many grandchildren do you have?

Ludmila: daughter Tatiana, granddaughter Martusia
Valentina: daughter Irina, son Vladek
Alla: son Alexei

His name?

Yoino Ostrover

Where and when was he was born?

Lvov, 1873

Where else did he live?

Pistyn, Kosov district, Stanislav (today Ivano-Frankovsk) region

Where and when did he die?

Pistyn, October 1941

What sort of education did he have?

Taught by a melamed aAt home

What sort of work did he do?

Businessman in jewelry store, worker at wood cutting factory

How religious was he?

Very religious: He observed all traditions, went to the synagogue, followed the kashrut and celebrated Saturday, wore a Hasidic hat and payes, did not cut his beard.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: Which army and what years?

Austro-Hungarian KUK army, 1914-1917 (horn player)

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

Golda ? (nee Ostrover) born in (11872-?):, born in Lvov, married a merchant from Moscow (today Russia); no further information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

PerishedKilled in mass shooting in Pistyn, Kosov district, Stanislav (today Ivano-Frankovsk) region in October 1941


Your father’s father name?

Leiba Ostrover

Where and when was he born?

Lvov, 1850s

Where else did he live?

No information

Where and when did he die?

Lvov, 1910

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Didn’t work

How religious was he?

He went to the synagogue, observed all laws of Judaism, prayed and knew prayers in Hebrew, was a Hasid, had religious discourse with friends.

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?

Died before

Your father’s mother’s name?

Laya Ostrover (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

Lvov, 1850s

Where else did she live?

Moscow (today Russia)

Where and when did she die?

No information

What sort of education did she have?

Taught by a melamed at home

What sort of work did she do?

Owned and ran a jewelry store

How religious was she?

She prayed at the synagogue, followed the kashrut, celebrated Saturday, arranged marriage, if necessary worked on Sabbath.

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?

Leya Ostrover (nee Schwarg)

Where and when was she born?

Bobrka (near Lvov), 1877

Where else did she live?

Pistyn, Kosov district, Stanislav (today Ivano-Frankovsk) region

Where and when did she die?

Pistyn, 1941

What sort of education did she have?

Taught by a melamed at home

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

Very religious: she observed all traditions, followed the kashrut, celebrated Sabbath and all holidays, kept kosher household.

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.)

Esther ? (nee Shwaig) (1872-1930): lived in Lvov, had three daughters, Zocia, Lyusia and Lisa, and one son, Stanislav; no more information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Killed by fascists in Lvov in 1941

Your mother’s father’s name?

Sender Schwarg

Where and when was he born?

Bobrka (near Lvov), date unknown

Where else did he live?

No information

Where and when did he die?

Bobrka, 1890s

What sort of education did he have?

No information

What sort of work did he do?

Owned food store

How religious was he?

No information

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: Which army and what years?

No information

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?

Died before


Your mother mother’s name?

No information

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