Full name
Aron PizmanWhere and when were you born?
Mogilyov-Podolskiy, Vinnitsa region1930
Where else did you live?
-Your educational level?
Finished all-union extramural machine tool college, Faculty of machine tool productionWhat sort of work do/did you do?
Engineer at the machine tool plantHow religious was your parents’ home? How were you raised?
My parents were atheists and raised their children atheistsWhat is your mother tongue?
RussianWhat other languages do you speak?
Yiddish, Ukrainian, GermanIf you were in an army, tell us which army and the dates
Soviet army, 1951 – 1955Where were you during the Holocaust?
Jewish ghetto in Mogilyov-PodolskiyWhat did you do after the Holocaust?
Lived in Mogilyov-Podolskiy, worked at the plant
Siblings
Their names
David PizmanWhere and when were they born?
Mogilyov-Podolskiy1939
What is their mother tongue?
RussianTheir educational level?
Finished all-union extramural machine tool college, Faculty of machine tool productionTheir occupations?
Production engineerWhere do/did they live?
Ashdod (today Israel)Where else did they live?
-Do they have children?
Son: Nathan Pizman, 1968 – 1998,Daughter: Zhanna Pizman, 1972
Spouse
Name?
Riva Pizman (nee Gershberg)Where and when was he/she born?
Mogilyov-Podolskiy1930
Where else did he/she live?
--Is he/she Jewish?
YesWhat is his/her mother tongue?
RussianHis/her educational level?
Finished 9 forms of a Russian general education schoolOccupation?
HousewifeTell me anything you know about his/her siblings (Name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, name of wife and children, whether their family is Jewish and whether it is religious).
Brother, Gersh Gershberg: Mogilyov-Podolskiy 1920 – perished at the front in 1944, single, had no childrenBrother, Moisey Gershberg: Mogilyov-Podolskiy 1921 – perished at the front in 1944, single, had no children
Sister Anna Nudrina (nee Gershberg): Mogilyov-Podolskiy 1926, housewife, lives in Vinnitsa, has no children
Children
Their names?
Igor PizmanMikhail Pizman
Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews?
My sons were not raised Jewish, but they identify themselves as Jews and realize their belonging to Jewish people.Where and when were they born?
Both sons were born in Mogilyov-PodolskiyIgor: 1952
Mikhail: 1961
Where else did they live?
Igor: Haifa (today Israel)Their educational level?
Igor: finished a general education Russian schoolMikhail: finished Mechanic Faculty of Voronezh Polytechnic College
Their occupations?
Igor: turner at a plantMikhail: design engineer at the plant of industrial machine building
How many grandchildren do you have?
Igor: son, Pavel Pizman 1982 and daughter, Svetlana Pizman 1985Mikhail: daughters Tatiana Pizman 1988 and Nathalia Pizman 1992
His name?
Isak PizmanWhere and when was he born?
Chernivtsi, Vinnitsa region1909
Where else did he live?
Mogilyov-PodolskiyWhere and when did he die?
Perished at the front, in the battle near Semyonovskaya village Rzhev district Kalinin region in August 1942What sort of education did he have?
4 forms of primary schoolWhat sort of work did he do?
shoemakerHow religious was he?
AtheistWhat was his mother tongue?
YiddishArmy service: which army and what years?
Soviet Army, Front line forces, 1941 – 1942Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)
name / place and date of birth/death / occupation / biographical data and origins of spouse / biographical data of children / describe how religious they wereHaya Tepp (nee Pizman) / Chernivtsi before 1909 – Chernivtsi 1970s / Housewife / ? Tepp
Chernivtsi 1900s – Chernivtsi 1970s / 4 children, don’t remember the names / Before WW2 Haya and her family were atheists. After WW2 she resumed her Jewish belief, observed Jewish traditions, celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays at home and followed kashrut
Mariam Preger (nee Pizman) / Chernivtsi before 1909 – Chernivtsi 1980s / Housewife / ? Preger
1900s – 1970s / Son Samuel 1925, presently lives in USA
2 older daughters, don’t remember the names / Atheist
Esther Bakaleynik (nee Pizman) / Chernivtsi before 1909 – Chernivtsi 1970s / Housewife, divorced / ? Bakaleynik
? - ? / No children / Atheist
Pinia Zozulia (nee Pizman) / Chernivtsi before 1909 – USA 1980s / Housewife / ? Zozulia
? – USA 1990s / 2 sons, Abram Zozulia, Chernivtsi 1925
Aron Zozulia Chernivtsi 1930 / Atheist
Leya Brener (nee Pizman) / Chernivtsi before 1909 – Yaryshev 1942 / Housewife / Husband ? Brener
? – Yaryshev 1942 / 3 children in 1st marriage and 4 – in the 2nd marriage, were killed in Yaryshev in 1942 / Atheist
Brother ? Pizman / Chernivtsi before 1909 – USA, ? / No information / No information / No information / No information
Moishe Pizman / Chernivtsi before 1909 – perished during the Civil War, 1919 / No information / Single / No children / Atheist
Where was he during the Holocaust?
Front from June 1941 to August 1942Your paternal grandfather’s name?
Leib PizmanWhere and when was he born?
Chernivtsi town1860s
Where else did he live?
-Where and when did he die?
Chernivtsi town1939
What sort of education did he have?
No informationWhat sort of work did he do?
No informationHow religious was he?
No informationWhat was his mother tongue?
YiddishArmy service: which army and what years?
No informationTell me about his brothers and sisters.
name / place and date of birth/death / occupation / biographical data and origins of spouse / biographical data of children / describe how religious they wereNo information
Where was he during the Holocaust?
Died beforeYour paternal grandmother’s name?
? Pizman(nee ?)
Where and when was she born?
Chernivtsi town1860s
Where else did she live?
-Where and when did she die?
Chernivtsi town1930s
What sort of education did she have?
No informationWhat sort of work did she do?
HousewifeHow religious was she?
No informationWhat was her mother tongue?
YiddishTell me about his brothers and sisters.
name / place and date of birth/death / occupation / biographical data and origins of spouse / biographical data of children / describe how religious they wereNo information
Where was she during the Holocaust?
Died beforeHer name?
Nehama Pizman(Nee Abramson)
Where and when was she born?
Mogilyov-Podolskiy1909
Where else did she live?
--Where and when did she die?
Mogilyov-Podolskiy1969
What sort of education did she have?
Had no educationWhat sort of work did she do?
HousewifeHow religious was she?
Atheist, during and after WW2 became religious and observed Jewish traditions, celebrated Jewish holidays and Sabbath, prayed and followed kashrutWhat was her mother tongue?
YiddishTell me about his brothers and sisters.
name / place and date of birth/death / occupation / biographical data and origins of spouse / biographical data of children / describe how religious they were? Abramson / Mogilyov-Podolskiy before 1909 – emigrated to USA in the 1910s / No information / No information / No information / No information
Aron Abramson / Mogilyov-Podolskiy before 1909 – perished at the front during the Civil War / No information / Single / Had no children / No information
? Abramson / Mogilyov-Podolskiy before 1909 – perished at the front during the Civil War / No information / Single / Had no children / No information
Duvid Abramson / Mogilyov-Podolskiy before 1909 – Luzhany village, Chernovtsy region 1980s / Tailor / ? Abramson (nee ?)
? – Serebrenets 1950s / 4 daughters, older Rosa ? (nee Abramson) lives in Luzhany village, 3 daughters live in Israel / No information
Rosa ? (nee Abramson) / Mogilyov-Podolskiy before 1909 – Mogilyov-Podolskiy 1962 / Seamstress at the garment factory / Shmil ?
? - ? / Had no children / Atheist
Where was she during the Holocaust?
Jewish ghetto in Mogilyov-PodolskiyIf she survived, what did she do after?
Lived in Mogilyov-Podolskiy, housewifeYour maternal grandfather’s name?
Leib AbramsonWhere and when was he born?
Mogilyov-Podolskiy1870
Where else did he live?
--Where and when did he die?
Mogilyov-Podolskiy1915
What sort of education did he have?
No informationWhat sort of work did he do?
Sarver (a culinary cooking for special occasions)How religious was he?
No informationWhat was his mother tongue?
YiddishArmy service: which army and what years?
No informationTell me about his brothers and sisters.
name / place and date of birth/death / occupation / biographical data and origins of spouse / biographical data of children / describe how religious they wereNo information
Where was he during the Holocaust?
Died beforeYour maternal grandmother’s name?
Surah Abramson(nee ?)
Where and when was she born?
Mogilyov-Podolskiy1870s
Where else did she live?
--Where and when did she die?
Ghetto in Mogilyov-Podolskiy, 1942What sort of education did she have?
No informationWhat sort of work did she do?
Housewife, later – laborer in a sarver crewHow religious was she?
My grandmother was religious. I don’t know whether she went to the synagogue, but she celebrated Sabbath and the main Jewish holidays. She had a prayer book and prayed. She didn’t wear a wig, but wore a kerchiefWhat was her mother tongue?
YiddishTell me about his brothers and sisters.
name / place and date of birth/death / occupation / biographical data and origins of spouse / biographical data of children / describe how religious they wereNo information
Where was she during the Holocaust?
Jewish ghetto in Mogilyov-PodolskiyIf she survived what did she do after?
Died in the ghetto in Mogilyov-Podolskiy in 194219