Full name

Galina Idelevna Shkolnikova (nee Farber)

Where and when were you born?

Leningrad, 1938

Where else did you live?

1942-1945: in evacuation in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan)

Your educational level?

Leningrad Technological Institute of Cellulose-Paper Industry

What sort of work do/did you do?

1956-1958: copyist at the Repair-Assembly Combine in Leningrad
1963-1996: engineer at the State Design Institute for Paper Industry (GIPROBUM) in Leningrad

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

Atheist

What is your mother tongue?

Russian

How many languages do you speak?

Where were you during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan)


Siblings

Their names

None

Spouse

Name?

Alexander Moiseyevich Shkolnikov

Where and when was he/she born?

Leningrad, 1933

Where else did he live?

1941-1944: in evacuation in Vilva village, Solikamsk district, Molotov region

Is he/she Jewish?

Yes

What is his/her mother tongue?

Russian

His/her educational level?

Leningrad Ship-Building Institute

Occupation?

Electrical engineer

Where and when did he/she die?

Saint Petersburg, 2000
Children

Their names?

Mikhail Alexandrovich Shkolnikov
Lyubov Alexandrovna Bugayeva (nee Shkolnikova)

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

They were not brought up as Jews, but identify themselves as Jews.

Where and when were they born?

Mikhail: Leningrad, 1971
Lyubov: Leningrad, 1976

Where else did they live?

-

Their educational level?

Mikhail: Ulyanov-Lenin Electrio-Technical Institute, Leningrad
Lyubov: Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics

Their occupations?

Mikhail: engineer, programmer
Lyubov: engineer

How many grandchildren do you have?

Mikhail: Asia, 1997
Lyubov: Anastasia, 1999

His name?

Idel Mordukhovich Farber (common name: Yuliy Markovich)

Where and when was he was born?

Berislav, Kherson province (Ukraine), 1897

Where else did he live?

Nikopol (until 1915), Kharkov (Ukraine) (1918-1925), Donbass (Ukraine) (1925-1931), Leningrad (Russia) (1931-1942, 1945-1977),
in evacuation in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan)

Where and when did he die?

Leningrad, 1977

What sort of education did he have?

Kharkov Technological Institute

What sort of work did he do?

Chemical engineer
1925-1931: JSC Koksobenzol, Donbass
1932-1942, 1945-1977: State Institute of Applied Chemistry, Leningrad
1942-1944: Chemical and Metallurgical Institute, Alma-Ata

What was his level of religiosity?

Atheist

What was his mother tongue?

Russian

Army service: Which army and what years?

Tsarist army, 1915-1917
Red Army, 1919; 1944-1945

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

He had 3 brothers and 3 sisters:
Sarah Shvechenko (nee Farber) (1898-1968): veterinarian, lived in Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk and Moscow. Her husband was Russian, they had 3 children: Kima, Alvina and Leonid.
David Markovich Farber (1900-1980): economist, lived in Nikopol and Moscow. He was married to a Jewish book-keeper. They were in evacuation in Siberia. Their son, Yuriy, was in the book trade.
Isaac Matveyevich Farber (1902-1937): engineer, lived in Nikopol, Baku (Azerbaijan) and Moscow. His wife, Rimma Lvovna Chernyaeva, was Jewish. They had no children. Isaac died of cancer in Moscow.
Abram Matveyevich Farber (1904-1967): engineer, lived in Nikopol and Moscow, was on the front. His wife was Moldavian and they had 2 children, both were engineers.
Revekka Matveyevna Farber (1906-1970): epidemiologist, lived in Nikopol and Leningrad. During WWII she was in the blockade in Leningrad. Her husband was Russian, she kept her maiden name after the wedding and has one daughter, Victoria.
Rakhil Matveyevna Farber (1909): production engineer, wine-maker; lived in Nikopol, Voronezh, Lvov and Moscow. Her husband, Abram Davidovich Gilevich, was a Jewish merchant. She kept her maiden name after the wedding. They were in evacuation in Siberia. At present Rakhil lives in Moscow with her daughter Eleonora’s family.

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Siege, Leningrad
In evacuation in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan)
Frontline, Soviet Union

If he survived, what did he do after?

Chemical engineer at the State Institute of Applied Chemistry in Leningrad


Your father’s father name?

Mordekhay Abramovich Farber (common name: Matvey)

Where and when was he born?

Alushta, Tavricheskaya province (Ukraine), 1868

Where else did he live?

Berislav (Ukraine), Nikopol

Where and when did he die?

Nikopol, 1931

What sort of education did he have?

No information

What sort of work did he do?

Log storage manager

What was his level of religiosity?

The family observed all Jewish traditions and celebrated all Jewish holidays; they often attended the synagogue; (Mordekhay solemnly trampled the New Testament on Sabbath, emphasizing his belonging to Judaism and his denial of Russian Orthodoxy.)

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 father’s mother’s name?

Doba Yuliyevna Farber (nee Moina)

Where and when was she born?

Ukraine, 1872

Where else did she live?

Berislav (Ukraine), Nikopol, Moscow, Leningrad

Where and when did she die?

Leningrad, 1941

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 religious, observed all Jewish traditions.

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 in besieged Leningrad

Her name?

Sima Yankel-Movshevna Yezerskaya (common name: Sofia Yakovlevna) (kept maiden name after marriage)

Where and when was she was born?

Yekaterinoslav (Ukraine), 1899

Where else did she live?

Kharkov (Ukraine), Donbass (Pereyezdnaya station, Ukraine), Leningrad , Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan)

Where and when did she die?

Leningrad, 1985

What sort of education did she have?

Graduated from the Kharkov Medical Institute

What sort of work did she do?

Doctor

What was her level of religiosity?

Atheist

What was her mother tongue?

Russian

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

She had 2 brothers and 3 sisters:
Froim-Peisakh Yankel-Movshevich Yezersky (1879-1956): Ist Guild merchant, owner of a store in Kharkov, Ukraine, seller in the store after its nationalization. He was in evacuation in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan) and died in Kharkov. His wife, Fruma-Peisha Shlyome-Ziskelevna, was a housewife. They had 3 children: Matvey, Feiga (engineers) and Masha (doctor).
Iosif Yankel-Movshevich Yezersky (1880s-1937): merchant, store owner in Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine, commercial agent in Kharkov after the nationalization of the store. He was married twice, had 2 children from his first marriage and one son from his second marriage.
Feiga Yankel Movshevna Liberman (nee Yezerskaya) (1886-1960s): housewife. Her husband, Alter Liberman, died in 1937. She lived in Yekaterinoslav and Kharkov, was in evacuation. Had 2 sons: Abram and Zinoviy (wife Nina and daughter Larisa). Both her sons were in the war.
Shprintsa-Rokhel Yezerskaya (1896-1941): dentist, graduated from university in Lausanne (Switzerland), lived in Brest-Litovsk, Belarus. She perished in the ghetto with her husband and 2 children, Abram and Bella, in 1941.
Lyuba Finkel (nee Yezerskaya) (1897-1963): housewife. Her first husband was an actor. Her second husband, Beinish Finkel (Boris Aronovich), owned a plant during the NEP, and later they both worked in cooperatives. They had a daughter, Irina, born in 1923. Lyuba lived in Yekaterinoslav, Kharkov and Leningrad, was in evacuation in the Ural and died in Leningrad.

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Siege, Leningrad
In evacuation in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan)

If she survived, what did she do after?

Doctor at a children’s hospital in Leningrad

Your mother’s father´s name?

Yankel-Movshe Yosel-Girshevich Yezersky

Where and when was he born?

Volkovysk, Grodno province (Belarus), 1860

Where else did he live?

Brest-Litovsk (Belarus), Yekaterinoslav (Ukraine)

Where and when did he die?

Yekaterinoslav, 1914

What sort of education did he have?

No information

What sort of work did he do?

Melamed in Brest-Litovsk
Merchant and store owner in Yekaterinoslav

What was his level of religiosity?

He was very religious, observed all Jewish traditions and was an active member of the Jewish community and a synagogue warden.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: Which army and what years?

Irregular Army warrior, 1878 draft

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’s mother’s name?

Riva Simkhovna Yezerskaya (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

Place unknown, 1861

Where else did she live?

Brest-Litovsk (Belarus), Yekaterinoslav, Kharkov (Ukraine)

Where and when did she die?

Kharkov, 1938

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 religious, observed all Jewish traditions.

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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