Full name

Amalia Laufer (divorced her husband)

Where and when were you born?

Kabaki, Kosov district, Stanislavsk province (Belarus), 1921

Where else did you live?

Chernovtsy

Your educational level?

Polish elementary school

What sort of work do/did you do?

Manual laborer (stuffed pillows with down and feathers at the down and feather factory)

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

I come from a strictly religious family. We celebrated all holidays, went to the synagogue and followed the kashrut.

What is your mother tongue?

Yiddish

How many languages do you speak?

Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, German

Where were you during the Holocaust?

In the ghetto in Chernovtsy


Siblings

Their names

Mayer Laufer
Moshe-Leib Laufer
Joseph Laufer
Mariam Shtein (nee Laufer)
Reisia Laufer

Where and when were they born?

They were all born in Kabaki, Kosov district, Stanislavsk province (Belarus).
Mayer: 1913
Moshe-Leib: 1914
Joseph: 1916
Mariam: 1917
Reisia: 1919

What is their mother tongue?

Yiddish

Their educational level?

They all went to the Polish elementary school (4 years) in Kabaki, except for Reisia, who finished an accounting course in Israel.

Their occupations?

Mayer, Moshe-Leib and Joseph were drivers in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Mariam: housewife
Reisia: accountant

Where do/did they live?

Mayer, Moshe-Leib and Joseph: Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Mariam: Zhabiye village, Kosov district, Carpathians
Reisia: Haifa (Israel)

Where else did they live?

Reisia: Chernovtsy

Do they have children?

Mayer: 4 children
Moshe-Leib: 2 children
Joseph: 2 children
Mariam: 1 son
Reisia: 1 son

Where and when did they die?

Mayer, Moshe-Leib and Joseph: Kabaki village, 1941 (killed by the fascists)
Mariam: Zhabiye village, 1941 (killed by the fascists)
Reisia: Israel, 1982


Spouse

Name?

Simhe Gruber

Where and when was he/she born?

Telkhov, 1920

Where else did he live?

Chernovtsy

Is he/she Jewish?

Yes

What is his/her mother tongue?

Yiddish

His/her educational level?

Romanian secondary school (8 years) in Kosoutzy

Occupation?

Mechanic at the down and feather factory in Chernovtsy

Where and when did he/she die?

No information
Children

Their names?

Leonid Gruber (Jewish name: Leizer)

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

He was raised Jewish and identifies himself as a Jew.

Where and when were they born?

Chernovtsy, 1955

Where else did they live?

Philadelphia (USA)

Their educational level?

Trade school for mechanics

Their occupations?

Welder

How many grandchildren do you have?

Two: grandson Semyon and granddaughter Anna

His name?

Leizer Laufer

Where and when was he was born?

Kabaki, Kosov district, Stanislavsk province (Belarus), 1892

Where else did he live?

-

Where and when did he die?

Kabaki, 1927

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Farmer

What was his level of religiosity?

He was religious, he observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue in a nearby village, 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.)

Three brothers who emigrated to America in the 1910s or 1920s. No more information.

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before


Your father’s father name?

Duvid Laufer

Where and when was he born?

Kabaki, Kosov district, Stanislavsk province (Belarus), date unknown

Where else did he live?

-

Where and when did he die?

Kabaki, 1900s

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Farmer

What was his level of religiosity?

He was religious, he observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue in a nearby village, 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?

Died before

Your father’s mother’s name?

Mariam Laufer (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

No information

Where else did she live?

Kabaki, Kosov district, Stanislavsk province (Belarus)

Where and when did she die?

Kabaki, 1900s

What sort of education did she have?

Educated at home

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

She was religious, she observed Jewish traditions, prayed, went to the synagogue in a nearby village, 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?

Reizl Laufer (nee Gofer)

Where and when was she was born?

Vizhnitsa, Chernovtsy region, 1894

Where else did she live?

Kabaki, Kosov district, Stanislavsk province (Belarus); Chernovtsy

Where and when did she die?

Chernovtsy, 1953

What sort of education did she have?

Educated at home

What sort of work did she do?

Farmer

What was her level of religiosity?

She was religious, she observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue in a nearby village, 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 ghetto in Chernovtsy

If she survived, what did she do after?

Housewife

Your mother father’s name?

Haim Gofer

Where and when was he born?

Vizhnitsa, Chernovtsy region, date unknown

Where else did he live?

-

Where and when did he die?

Vizhnitsa, Chernovtsy region, 1923

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Owned a store

What was his level of religiosity?

He was religious, he observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue on Saturday and holidays, 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?

Died before


Your mother mother’s name?

Haya Gofer (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

No information

Where else did she live?

Vizhnitsa, Chernovtsy region

Where and when did she die?

Vizhnitsa, 1930

What sort of education did she have?

Educated at home

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife, helped her husband in the store

What was her level of religiosity?

She was religious, she observed Jewish traditions, went to the synagogue on Saturday and holidays, 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

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