The Unread Letters of 1941 - Kamianets-Podilskyi #announcements #holocaust #ukraine
|
Tsiporah Trom
I would like to bring to your attention a collection of letters that could be of interest to those of you who had relatives in the town of Kamianets-Podilskyi in Ukraine. The Jewish part of this collection is especially significant for us, as most likely it contains the last written communications of people, many of whom, if not all, were murdered during the Jewish massacre of Kamianets-Podilskyi. Most of these Jews were from Carpathian Ukraine, but some had also been deported from Hungary. How did those epistles survive the war? In July 1941, shortly after Operation Barbarossa, a German officer, Gustav Olschlagër, seized mail comprised of 1.215 letters from the town of Kamianets-Podilskyi. In 1942, he sent it to Vienna and asked his colleague Dr. Riedel to keep the collection for future research. They believed the epistles would paint an accurate picture of the mood of the Soviet population at the onset of their war. The letters remained in Austria for 70 years. In 2010, they were returned to Ukraine and placed in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, in Kiev. The envelopes corresponding to those letters are viewable at this link: https://warmuseum.kiev.ua/_ua/projects/search They are written in Cyrillic. With the help of some friends, I created a list of names (addressees and senders) for you to check. That’s why I welcome corrections from the Russian knowledgeables among you, who have time on their hands to review those envelopes. If you find an envelope that you believe to be connected to your relative, please contact the Museum at this address: info@... I worked on the translation project for the letters in Yiddish for the Museum, so you can also reach out to me to get the English translation of your letter, once you have received the digital version from the Museum.
Thank you for reading my message and happy hunting! Here is the list of names: KAMIANETS 1 – To Lizi GULIK 5 – To Mari Gulmanov 10 – To R. L. LURYE (in Proskurov) from O. L. BLANK 17 – To BACZYNSKI from ANDRUSZKI 20 – To BONDER Musi Mikailov 31 – To L. I. SHEINBERG (in Dunaev) from Kh. L. SHEINBERG 34 – To Dora STEINBERG from sister BERGER 35 – To Zeida UBERMAN from RIKIN 36 – To Olga Izakovna SHEVCHUK 46 – To M. KECHMAN from R. KECHMAN 59 – To LISOVI from LISOVOY 80 – To KORBA Marusia 88 – To BLOCH G. I. from BLOCH V. Ch. 91 – To KUSHNIR from I. M. KUSHNIR 95 – To Anni KULCHISKI from KULCHISKI 106 – To L. LACHTERMAN from TRACHTENBERG 107 – To Z. Kh. FAITENZON from FAITENZON 110 – To Ita TZIFERMAN 114 – To Fani FINGERET Srulivich from Itzko FINGERET 115 – To Rosalin KLEINMAN from KLEINMAN 116 – To YAMPILCHUK from Lyub GAVRILOV 122 – To A. E. ? from TRACHTENBERG 128 – To GERNISHKOV E. Ia. 135 – To S. CHANKIV 136 – To SMOTRICH from Paia KAIMAN 139 – To KRASILOV from Adel VAISBURG 142 – To SMOTRITZKI from TZIMBALIST KALLIN 146 – To KOMARNIUK 152 – To S. G. MELNIK 154 – To Sonia SOBOLEV from G. N. SOBOLEV 157 – To S. CHANKIV Yosel 159 – To Blima SHERMAN 160 – To VINOKUR 165 – To S. SAVITZI 176 – To RUBIN STEINBERG from I. I. ? 178 – To BRICHAK Vera 179 – To Riva ZEKEL Aronovna from R. M. ZEKEL 180 – To Fani FINGERET Srulivna from Itzko FINGERET 181 – To Maria Alterovich SPOKOINOY from SPOKOINOY 183 – To Gita GOYKHMAN from S. M. GOYKHMAN 184 – To Chantzi TKACH (in Dunaev) from FEFERMAN 185 – To Meir VINOKUR 191 – To P. Z. FAITENZON from FAITENZON 192 – To LECHTZIR From ROTENBER 193 – To Riva VOMORDUNI from Sh. VOMORDUNI 194 – To S. MARTINOVSKI from Isaak ROTENBERG 196 – To MELNIK 197 – To Chantzi TKACH (Dunaev) from Abram FEFERMAN 198 – To Yankel VISOIKOY (Dunaev) 199 – To ? from Etel Roza CHEMEROVICH 202 – To Fane KADESH from KADESH 204 – To I. M. GRINBERG 206 – To Aron BABICH 207 – To Ch. M. KATZ 208 – To Yankel TABACHNIK from M. L. NAIMAN 209 – To Peysach SIDILKOVER from SIDILKOVER 210 – To R. L. LURYE (Proskurov) from O. L. BLANK 211 – To Gutzalik Fishnovna SAMIELENKO 213 – To VOZNIUK Mari from VOZNIUK G.T. 218 – To O. YAKOVLEV 219 – To Yozek GRUSHKEVICH (Dunaev) 238 – To Maruse SIRAIT 245 – To SHNAIDER REKHMAN 268 – To Eta BRONFMAN Abr. 271 – To M. SOLOBKOVICH from Mordku KATZMAN 285 – To Mari EFRIMOVICH KOTIK from Mikola KOTIK Pavl. 298 – To Riva VAISMAN (WEISMAN) 302 – To Mane Efim EPSTEIN 308 – To Mani FELDMAN 310 – To GAVRILOV 320 – To P. GINSBURG 322 – To M. A. ZAIDMAN from Ch. U. ZAIDMAN 331 – To Miki BILENKOY from Mani BILENKI 333 – To Itzku STUDNER (Horodok) From Kh. R. SCHWARTZMAN 336 – To M. L. VEKSLER (Frampol) 342 – To ? (Dunaev) from E. DAICHMAN 343 – To MOKHLOKH Ekatarina Aronovna from M. T. PETRIUK 345 – To T. T. KOTIK and Z. M. KOLOSOVSKOY from SHUSTER 367 – To Yosel BARENBOIM (in Dunaev) 368 – To KOLESNIK from KOLESNIK 372 – To SLOBODANIUK Yakovlev 373 – To KARAKUL from BERKUN A. 397 – To Musi BONDER Mikhalovna
1 – To Zina VINIK from S. V. VINIK
1 – To ZIVERT 9 – To Tani PLATONOVOY from ABRAMOVICH 42 – To PRESHMAN 43 – To M. NUSINOV
5 – To LUGOV Semkhaievich 9 – To Mari Yakovlevna NEDORUBKI 12 – To KARNOVI Moiseienkovoy
15 – To Prokhor Alexeievich ABRAMOVICH 17 – To Mor VOLKOVOY 44 – To RUBASHENKO Lizi 45 – To RUBASHENKO Lizi
6 – To Zissel FINGER
2 – To Anne BARANOVOY
2 – To Berta VANGARTEN (WEINGARTEN) 3 – To Berta VANGARTEN (WEINGARTEN)
7 – To Yudel Leib KATZ from Ch. E. GEYKHMAN 9 – To M. Sh. ZILBERMAN 10 – To SPIVAK
40 – To TARNAVSKI Katerina
KIEV 2 – To GERSTEIN from Kh. P. AVERBUKH 11 – To BONDAR 13 – To ORLOVETZKAIA from Lyubi NARUTZAK 16 – To GERSTEIN 22 – To GERNER 26 – To KATZ 31 – To A. S. SCHWARTZ
50 – To KOMARNIK 56 – To GERNER 60 – To KATZ (Kiev)
4 – To Raye ROYZEN
17 – To STEINGART (Stalin Donbas / Donetsk)
3 – To A. NUDELMAN
2 – To Grina A. NUDELMAN
9 – To SOKOLOV Tamar Lwowi
2 – To P. I. TUTELMAN from A. M. TUTELMAN 3 – To AKERMAN from SHENKER
-- Geraldine Tsiporah Trom Antwerp, Belgium gtrom@...
|
|
|