Full name

Aron Pizman

Where and when were you born?

Mogilyov-Podolskiy, Vinnitsa region
1930

Where else did you live?

-

Your educational level?

Finished all-union extramural machine tool college, Faculty of machine tool production

What sort of work do/did you do?

Engineer at the machine tool plant

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

My parents were atheists and raised their children atheists

What is your mother tongue?

Russian

What other languages do you speak?

Yiddish, Ukrainian, German

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

Soviet army, 1951 – 1955

Where were you during the Holocaust?

Jewish ghetto in Mogilyov-Podolskiy

What did you do after the Holocaust?

Lived in Mogilyov-Podolskiy, worked at the plant


Siblings

Their names

David Pizman

Where and when were they born?

Mogilyov-Podolskiy
1939

What is their mother tongue?

Russian

Their educational level?

Finished all-union extramural machine tool college, Faculty of machine tool production

Their occupations?

Production engineer

Where 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-Podolskiy
1930

Where else did he/she live?

--

Is he/she Jewish?

Yes

What is his/her mother tongue?

Russian

His/her educational level?

Finished 9 forms of a Russian general education school

Occupation?

Housewife

Tell 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 children
Brother, 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 Pizman
Mikhail 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-Podolskiy
Igor: 1952
Mikhail: 1961

Where else did they live?

Igor: Haifa (today Israel)

Their educational level?

Igor: finished a general education Russian school
Mikhail: finished Mechanic Faculty of Voronezh Polytechnic College

Their occupations?

Igor: turner at a plant
Mikhail: design engineer at the plant of industrial machine building

How many grandchildren do you have?

Igor: son, Pavel Pizman 1982 and daughter, Svetlana Pizman 1985
Mikhail: daughters Tatiana Pizman 1988 and Nathalia Pizman 1992

His name?

Isak Pizman

Where and when was he born?

Chernivtsi, Vinnitsa region
1909

Where else did he live?

Mogilyov-Podolskiy

Where and when did he die?

Perished at the front, in the battle near Semyonovskaya village Rzhev district Kalinin region in August 1942

What sort of education did he have?

4 forms of primary school

What sort of work did he do?

shoemaker

How religious was he?

Atheist

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: which army and what years?

Soviet Army, Front line forces, 1941 – 1942

Tell 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 were
Haya 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 1942


Your paternal grandfather’s name?

Leib Pizman

Where and when was he born?

Chernivtsi town
1860s

Where else did he live?

-

Where and when did he die?

Chernivtsi town
1939

What sort of education did he have?

No information

What sort of work did he do?

No information

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 / place and date of birth/death / occupation / biographical data and origins of spouse / biographical data of children / describe how religious they were
No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before

Your paternal grandmother’s name?

? Pizman
(nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

Chernivtsi town
1860s

Where else did she live?

-

Where and when did she die?

Chernivtsi town
1930s

What sort of education did she have?

No information

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

No information

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell 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
No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Died before

Her name?

Nehama Pizman
(Nee Abramson)

Where and when was she born?

Mogilyov-Podolskiy
1909

Where else did she live?

--

Where and when did she die?

Mogilyov-Podolskiy
1969

What sort of education did she have?

Had no education

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

Atheist, during and after WW2 became religious and observed Jewish traditions, celebrated Jewish holidays and Sabbath, prayed and followed kashrut

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell 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-Podolskiy

If she survived, what did she do after?

Lived in Mogilyov-Podolskiy, housewife

Your maternal grandfather’s name?

Leib Abramson

Where and when was he born?

Mogilyov-Podolskiy
1870

Where else did he live?

--

Where and when did he die?

Mogilyov-Podolskiy
1915

What sort of education did he have?

No information

What sort of work did he do?

Sarver (a culinary cooking for special occasions)

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 / place and date of birth/death / occupation / biographical data and origins of spouse / biographical data of children / describe how religious they were
No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before


Your maternal grandmother’s name?

Surah Abramson
(nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

Mogilyov-Podolskiy
1870s

Where else did she live?

--

Where and when did she die?

Ghetto in Mogilyov-Podolskiy, 1942

What sort of education did she have?

No information

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife, later – laborer in a sarver crew

How 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 kerchief

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell 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
No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Jewish ghetto in Mogilyov-Podolskiy

If she survived what did she do after?

Died in the ghetto in Mogilyov-Podolskiy in 1942

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