My great-grandpa David (wearing glasses) was one of 4 siblings: he and his brother Louis (Lazer) were able to immigrate to the US. His only sister Zishe was killed with her family when the Germans moved into Russia. The 3rd brother Chonon (seated here next to his wife Chaya... 
(Chaya was also David's wife Mary's sister, so we are doubly related to this branch) and Chonon was never able to immigrate. During the war, his sons were in the Russian army and he, his wife & daughters ran and hid in the forest for 5 years eventually moving back to Bobruisk...
During my own genealogical research started in the late 90s & going on for years, I discovered that his children & grandchildren finally left Russia for Israel, Germany, & the US. I found and was in brief contact with some who had immigrated to the US then lost touch.
Years and
Years and
years later - one of the good things that happened in 2020 - Chonon & Chaya's grandson & great-grandson tracked down and contacted one of my mom's cousins and we all started emailing back and forth in group emails just getting to understand the connection and getting to know a
bit about the families.
We are now organizing a huge Zoom get together for Chonon's, David's, and Louis' descendants. Gregor and Vadim will tell us how Chonon's family survived the war and what happened afterwards.
It's like the culmination of all of my years and years of
We are now organizing a huge Zoom get together for Chonon's, David's, and Louis' descendants. Gregor and Vadim will tell us how Chonon's family survived the war and what happened afterwards.
It's like the culmination of all of my years and years of
genealogical research. It's going to be huge.
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