Full name

Semyon Falk (Jewish name: Shymon)

Where and when were you born?

Dedkovichi, Zhytomyr region, 16th February 1929

Where else did you live?

Korosten, Zhytomyr region; Lviv, Uzhhorod

Your educational level?

Finished the Catering Faulty of Lviv Polytechnic University

What sort of work do/did you do?

Chief engineer at the distillery in Glubokoye, Chernovtsy region; chief engineer at the distillery in Uzhhorod, chief engineer at the regional consumer association, chief engineer at a bakery

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

My parents were religious. We celebrated all Jewish holidays, observed traditions, spoke Yiddish in the family.

What is your mother tongue?

Yiddish

What other languages do you speak?

Russian, Ukrainian, German

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

None

Where were you during the Holocaust?

Evacuation: Pokrovka, Pokrovski district, Chkalov region (today Orenburg region, Russia), Akbulak, Orenburg region (today Russia)

What did you do after the Holocaust?

Studied at Lviv Polytechnic University and worked as an engineer afterwards


Siblings

Their names

Abram Falk (Jewish name: Avrum)
Tsylia Rabinovich (nee Falk)

Where and when were they born?

Abram: Korosten, Zhytomyr region, 1926
Tsylia: Korosten, Zhytomyr region, 1933

What is their mother tongue?

Yiddish

Their educational level?

Abram: finished Faculty of Chemistry of Lviv Polytechnic University
Tsylia: finished Faculty of Commercial Business of Kuibyshev Business College

Their occupations?

Abram: engineer
Tsylia: economist

Where do/did they live?

Abram: Burshtyn, Lviv region
Tsylia: Nurnberg (today Germany)

Where else did they live?

Abram: Lviv; Salavat, Bashkiria (today Russia)
Tsylia: Lviv, Ternopol, Chertkov, Baku (today Azerbaijan), Kharkov

Do they have children?

Abram: Irina Danilyuk (nee Falk), born in 1955, engineer, married, 2 sons
Olga ? (nee Falk), born in 1957, teacher, married, 1 son
Tsylia: Yuri Rabinovich, born in 1959, engineer

Where and when did they die?

Tsylia: Nurnberg (today Germany), 2002


Spouse

Name?

Riva Brukental

Where and when was he/she born?

Lipkany (today Moldova), 1932

Where else did he/she live?

Chernovtsy, Uzhhorod

Is he/she Jewish?

Yes

What is his/her mother tongue?

Yiddish

His/her educational level?

Finished Financial College in Chernovtsy

Occupation?

Accountant

Where and when did he/she die?

Uzhhorod, 2002

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).

Victor Brukental (1925–1944): atheist, single, was in the ghetto in Bar, Vinnitsa region from 1941-1944, perished at the front in the Carpathian mountains.
Etia Feldman (nee Brukental): born 1928, was in the ghetto in Bar, Vinnitsa region from 1941-1944, lived in Chernovtsy after WWII, lives in Germany now. Three children: Michael Feldman, lives in USA, a son (name unknown), lives in Chernovtsy, her daughter Inna lives in Germany. Etia and her children are atheists.
Children

Their names?

Victor Falk

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

My son wasn’t raised Jewish, but he identifies himself as a Jew now.

Where and when were they born?

Glubokoye, Chernovtsy region, 1956

Where else did they live?

Uzhhorod

Their educational level?

Higher secondary school

Their occupations?

Before 1999: laborer in a printing house, since 1999: storekeeper at Hesed in Uzhhorod

How many grandchildren do you have?

Natalia Falk: born in 1986, pupil

His name?

David Falk

Where and when was he born?

Olevsk, Zhytomyr province, July 1902

Where else did he live?

Korosten, Zhytomyr region; Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankovsk region

Where and when did he die?

Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankovsk region, 1982

What sort of education did he have?

No information

What sort of work did he do?

Accountant

How religious was he?

My father was moderately religious: he followed the kashrut and observed Jewish traditions, celebrated major holidays. He didn’t go to the synagogue after 1917, but sometimes prayed at home.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: which army and what years?

In army reserve, worked in the formation agency, 1941- 1945

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
PinKhas Falk / Olevsk, Zhytomyr province,
1890s–1941, perished during evacuation / Painter / Name unknown
?–1930s / Lisa Falk, 1910s
photographer
Semyon Falk, 1920s
military
Michael Falk
1920s–1940s / After the Revolution of 1917 - atheist
Khasia Bialik
(nee Falk) / Olevsk, Zhytomyr province,
1890s–1964, Korosten, Zhytomyr region / Housewife / Chaim Bialik
1890s–1950s
military / No children / After the Revolution of 1917 - atheist
Adel Poliak
(nee Falk) / Olevsk, Zhytomyr province,
1900s–1960s, Korosten, Zhytomyr region / Housewife / ? Poliak
?–1960s / Tsylia Poliak
1930s
Musia ?
(nee Poliak)
1930s
Maria ?
(nee Poliak)
1930s
Abram Poliak
1940 / After the Revolution of 1917 - atheist
Rosa ?
(nee Falk) / Olevsk, Zhytomyr province,
1900s–1972, Korosten, Zhytomyr region, / Seamstress / No information
?–1930s / Pyotr ?
1920s-?
?
1931-1947 / After the Revolution of 1917 - atheist

Where was he during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Pokrovka, Pokrovski district, Chkalov region (today Orenburg region, Russia) before October 1941; afterwards in the army reserve, worked at the military formation agency

If he survived, what did he do after?

Lived in Korosten, Lviv, worked as an accountant. Later he moved to Burshtyn to his son Abram.


Your paternal grandfather’s name?

Abel Falk

Where and when was he born?

place unknown, 1860s

Where else did he live?

Olevsk, Zhytomyr region

Where and when did he die?

Olevsk, Zhytomyr region, 1925

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.

No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before

Your paternal grandmother’s name?

? Falk (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

place unknown, 1860s

Where else did she live?

Olevsk, Zhytomyr region

Where and when did she die?

Olevsk, Zhytomyr region, 1910s

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.

No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Died before

Her name?

Sura Falk (nee Keselman)

Where and when was she born?

Dedkovichi, Narodichi district, Zhytomyr region, 1898

Where else did she live?

Korosten, Zhytomyr region; Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankovsk region

Where and when did she die?

Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankovsk region, 1978

What sort of education did she have?

No education

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

My mother was moderately religious: she followed the kashrut, observed Jewish traditions and celebrated major Jewish holidays. She didn’t go to synagogue and didn’t wear 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
Iosif Keselman / Dedkovichi, Narodichi district, Zhytomyr region, ?–1940, Korosten, Zhytomyr region / No information / ? Keselman
(nee ?)
?-? / son ? Keselman
Professional military
?-?
daughter Bella ?
(nee Keselman)
?-?
son ? Keselman
?-? / Iosif wasn’t religious, but he celebrated Jewish holidays at home.
Yankel Keselman / Dedkovichi, Narodichi district, Zhytomyr region,
?–1953, Korosten / Before 1933 shoemaker,
after 1933 baker / ? Keselman
(nee ?)
?-?
party official / son Mutsia Keselman
1910s–1941, perished at the front
daughter ?, 1910s-? / Yankel was religious: he went to the synagogue on Jewish holidays and celebrated Jewish holidays at home.
Michael Keselman
(Jewish name: Moshe) / Dedkovichi, Narodichi district, Zhytomyr region,
?–1939, Korosten / Accountant / ? Keselman
(nee ?)
?-? / Daughter Sophia?
(nee Keselman)
1923 / Atheist
Solomon Keselman / Dedkovichi, Narodichi district, Zhytomyr region, 1898–1960s
Ovruch, Zhytomyr region / Party official / ? Keselman
(nee ?)
?–1970s / 2 sons, ?, 1920s, both perished at the front, 1941-1945,
daughter ? lives in Israel / Atheist
Hana Moroz
(nee Keselman) / Dedkovichi, Narodichi district, Zhytomyr region,
1898–1974, Lviv / Housewife / ? Moroz
?–1960s, Korosten
shochet / 1 son, ? Moroz,
1920-1940s, perished in a partisan unit during WWII / Hana was religious: she went to the synagogue on Jewish holidays, celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays at home, and followed the kashrut.

Where was she during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Pokrovka, Pokrovski district, Chkalov region (today Orenburg region, Russia), later in Akbulak, Orenburg region (today Russia)

If she survived, what did she do after?

Lived in Korosten, then in Lviv and Burshtyn. Housewife

Your maternal grandfather’s name?

Avrum-Shmul Keselman

Where and when was he born?

Narodichi, Zhytomyr region, 1859

Where else did he live?

Dedkovichi, Narodichi district, Zhytomyr region

Where and when did he die?

Dedkovichi, Narodichi district, Zhytomyr region, 1918

What sort of education did he have?

No information

What sort of work did he do?

Shoemaker

How religious was he?

My grandfather was religious: he observed Jewish traditions, celebrated 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.

No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before


Your maternal grandmother’s name?

Elka Keselman (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

place unknown, 1860

Where else did she live?

Dedkovichi, Narodichi district, Zhytomyr region

Where and when did she die?

In evacuation in Pokrovka, Pokrovski district, Chkalov region (today Orenburg region, Russia), 1942

What sort of education did she have?

No information

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

How religious was she?

My grandmother was religious: she followed the kashrut, observed Jewish traditions and celebrated major Jewish holidays, went to the synagogue and wore a kerchief.

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell me about his brothers and sisters.

No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in Pokrovka, Pokrovski district, Chkalov region (today Orenburg region, Russia), died there in 1942

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