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Information about Malka Weissman (
nee Schmidt ) of Lebedova -- from a phone conversation to Qiryat-Motskin
, Israel, July 22, 2004: Malka was born 1920, town: Lebedova father's
name: Alter Schmidt Alter had one brother who died in the war- mother:
Bella nee Shayevitz? , there were six sisters in her family, they were
also originally from Lebedova (some family members lived in New York).
Malka had a sister named Batyah, known as 'Batyah the Genuis', born
in 1922. her brother, Ytzhak, was born in 1925 father's brother was
killed in the war (?) when the soviets came to the area in 1939, she
used the opportunity and went to a teachers seminary in Molodechno the
school had been established by the Russians. She met many other Jewish
men and women in the teachers' seminary in Molodechno , including some
from Kurenetz. Zukerman - most common name in Levedova, half the town
had that last name. Malka was visiting her grandson and he showed her
the site and she was very excited after so many year to see for the
first time all the people she recognised. Her grandson lives in area
of Haifa in Israel. she lives in Tel Aviv area. Her She couldn't sleep
the entire night, she had tears in her eyes seeing all the people; She
recognised all her leaders in the youth movement; Hashomer Hatzair,
school teachers, and her entire family. In the 1929 business; Schmidt
B. - fabric and textile |