My great-grandfather, Wolf Zeltser

In fact, my great-grandfather’s name was Velvl Zeltser. He was born in 1885 in the settlement of Vadul Rashkov, was orphaned early and was hired to graze goats ...

Sandcastle of my heart

Exactly 40 years ago, in March 1981, a person who loved me more than anybody else in my life much as no one else died. It was my mother, Yasna Fishbein. Sometim...

Grandpa

It was one of his favorite stories. My grandfather often recalled it and while telling, he could never refrain from crying. It was in Breslau, now Wroclaw, just...

What archives are telling us about

I’m traveling through the family archives. Turning the pages, watching the yellow pictures… I’ve suddenly realized, that those are not just days and years...

Obelisk in the field

On July 7, 1941, the entire Jewish population of the Berlintsy village was shot at the edge of the field, the Jewish houses were robbed. From the conclusion of ...

Chisinau ghetto. Help from Bucharest.

Leaders of the local Jewish community did everything possible to inform their brothers in Bucharest about the situation in the ghetto, and coming deportations. ...

Chisinau Ghetto. Deportations

From the very beginning, the ghetto was considered a temporary refuge for the Jews. The aim of the Romanian authorities was to “cleanse” Bessarabia ...

Life in Chisinau ghetto

On July 16, 1941 Chisinau was occupied by Romanian troops together with units of the 9th Army of the Wehrmacht. Along their way they annihilated the Jewish popu...