We only have their names left…

I didn’t see my grandparents. No one of them. Neither on my mother’s, nor on my father’s side. None of them took me on their laps, kissed me, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Story of a Hit

Place: Romania, USA, Europe, Asia. Time: 1936 to the present day The main characters: Richard Stein, Liviu Delianu, Les Paul. Actors: Romanian performers Maria ...

I love the Italians

I love the Italians. My mother taught me so. My mother, when the war started was 24 years old. She was young and very beautiful. Together with my grandmother th...

Ticket to the wreck ship

The tragic book called The Holocaust has many terrible pages. And here are only a few pages of this volume of human sufferings… We found several interesti...

History of the Chisinau Almshouse

In Chisinau, a city where Jews once made a significant part of the population, there were many buildings in which religious and secular organizations were locat...