Full name

Simon Grinshpoon

Where and when were you born?

Berezovka village, Vinnitsa province, 1916

Where else did you live?

Yaruga, Vinnitsa region, Kiev, Leningrad (Russia)

Your educational level?

Military Engineering College, Leningrad

What sort of work do/did you do?

Construction engineer; construction of bridges and structures

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

My parents were religious. They celebrated Sabbath and holidays, observed Jewish traditions and followed the kashrut. They went to the synagogue.

What is your mother tongue?

Yiddish

How many languages do you speak?

Russian, Ukrainian

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

Soviet army, 1937-1944

Where were you during the Holocaust?

At the front in Ukraine, then in German captivity (in POW camps in Darnitsa, Borispol, Bogunia), after escaping in 1942in the Soviet army in Russia and then dismissed as wounded in Riga in 1944


Siblings

Their names

Mordukhai Grinshpoon
Polia Sementsova (nee Grinshpoon)

Where and when were they born?

Mordukhai: Berezovka, 1910
Polia: Berezovka, 1913

What is their mother tongue?

Yiddish

Their educational level?

Mordukhai: cheder
Polia: graduated from the Pedagogical Institute in Mogilyov-Podolskiy

Their occupations?

Polia: teacher

Where do/did they live?

Mordukhai: Yaruga, Vinnitsa region
Polia: Yaruga

Where else did they live?

Polia: Mogilyov-Podolskiy, Kiev, Kursk (Russia), Syzran (Russia)

Do they have children?

Polia: a daughter (died in Odessa in 1975)

Where and when did they die?

Mordukhai: Yaruga, 1919
Polia: Kiev, 1991


Spouse

Name?

Sophia P. Baram
Elena A. Grinshpoon (nee Bobkova)

Where and when was he/she born?

Sophia: Kiev, 1923
Elena: Bryansk (Russia), 1929

Where else did he live?

Sophia: Tashkent
Elena: Kiev

Is he/she Jewish?

Sophia: Yes
Elena: No

What is his/her mother tongue?

Sophia: Yiddish
Elena: Russian

His/her educational level?

Sophia: graduated from the College of Light Industry
Elena: graduated from secondary school

Occupation?

Sophia: accountant
Elena: secretary in the military registry office

Where and when did he/she die?

Sophia: Kiev, 1985

His name?

Gersh Grinshpoon

Where and when was he was born?

Berezovka, Vinnitsa province, 1888

Where else did he live?

Yaruga, Vinnitsa region

Where and when did he die?

Kiev, 1941

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Vine-grower, miller

What was his level of religiosity?

He was religious, he went to the synagogue, celebrated Sabbath and 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, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)

Perl Danilovich (nee Grinshpoon) (1870-1905): lived in Borovtsy, children: Naum and Eda.
Gedali Grinshpoon (1875–1930s): lived in Chernovtsy, owned a mill, children: Perl, Haika and Avrum.
Liber Grinshpoon (1880-1935): lived in Yaruga, stock-broker, vine-grower, children: Shloime, Sarah (Khaya-Surah), Perl, Moshe, Rakhmil, Inna.

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Kiev, and killed in Babi Yar in 1941


Your father’s father name?

Shloime Grinshpoon

Where and when was he born?

Berezovka, Vinnitsa region,1845

Where else did he live?

-

Where and when did he die?

Berezovka, 1910s

What sort of education did he have?

No education

What sort of work did he do?

Worked as a loader in the local mill in Berezovka

What was his level of religiosity?

He was very religious, he prayed, went to the synagogue in Chernovtsy on holidays and observed traditions.

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?

Bluma Grinshpoon ( nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

Berezovka, Vinnitsa region, 1850s

Where else did she live?

Yaruga, Chernovtsy

Where and when did she die?

Yaruga, Vinnitsa region, 1924

What sort of education did she have?

No education

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

She was very religious, observed all traditions, prayed.

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?

Leiba Grinshpoon (nee Goldenberg)

Where and when was she was born?

Yaruga, Vinnitsa region, 1886

Where else did she live?

Berezovka, Vinnitsa region

Where and when did she die?

Kiev, 1941

What sort of education did she have?

She was taught at home

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

She was very religious, observed all traditions and went to the synagogue.

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.)

Twelve brothers and sisters, only four of them known
Dina Fishman (nee Goldenberg) (1850s–1910s): lived in Odessa, daughters: Charna and Lisa emigrated to France.
Hana ? (nee Goldenberg) (1850s-1910s): six children.
Moisey Goldenberg (1865-1935): lived in Yaruga, studied Torah and Talmud, married 3 times and had five children.
Isaac Goldenberg (1885-1975): manager of a landlord’s estate, lived in Yaruga, 7 children, stayed in occupied Yaruga during the war.

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Kiev, killed in Babi Yar in 1941.

Your mother father’s name?

Mordukhai Goldenberg

Where and when was he born?

Pridnestroviye, 1830s

Where else did he live?

Yaruga, Vinnitsa region

Where and when did he die?

Yaruga, 1910s

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Estate manager

What was his level of religiosity?

He was very religious, observed all traditions and prayed at the synagogue.

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?

Anya Goldenberg (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

Yaruga, Vinnitsa region, 1830s

Where else did she live?

Yaruga

Where and when did she die?

Yaruga, 1910s

What sort of education did she have?

No education

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

Very religious

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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