Family Tree
Paternal Paternal Maternal Maternal grandf grandmother grandfathe grandmothe ather r r ? Ryzhevskaya Moses (nee ?) Morduh Olga Gitina Ryzhevskiy ?-1910s Gitin (nee ?) ?–1910s ?–1923 ?–1926
Father Mother
Samuel Ryzhevskiy Sofia Ryzhevskaya 1885–1941 (nee Gitina) 1892–1941
Siblings Spouse Interviewee Mikhail Ryzhevskiy Leonid Krichevskiy 1914–1950 Eva Ryzhevskaya 1908–1964 Lev Ryzhevskiy 1919 1925–1941 Olga Ryzhevskaya 1927–1941
Children
Olga Romanova (nee Krichevskaya) 1954
1 The interviewee and his family
Full name Еva Ryzhevskaya (Jewish name: Hava)
Where and when were you born? Pismennoye, Dnepropetrovsk oblast (today Ukraine), December 1919
Where else did you live? Dnepropetrovsk (today Ukraine), Moscow
Your educational level? Graduated from Dnepropetrovsk Medical Institute, therapist department
What sort of work do/did you do? Surgeon (1940-1946), then physiotherapist and neurologist
How religious was your parents’ home? How were you raised? My parents were atheists, no Jewish traditions were observed in our home
What is your mother tongue? Russian
What other languages do you speak? Ukrainian, German
2 If you were in an army, tell us which army and the dates Soviet Army (1941–1946), military doctor, surgeon
Where were you during the Holocaust? On the front: Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Germany
What did you do after the Holocaust? Lived in Moscow, worked as a doctor
3 Siblings
Their names Mikhail Ryzhevskiy (Jewish name: Moishe) Lev Ryzhevskiy Olga Ryzhevskaya (Jewish name: Golda)
Where and when were they born? Mikhail: Ingulets (today Ukraine), 1914 Lev: Pismennoye (today Ukraine), 1925 Olga: Pismennoye, 1927
What is their mother tongue? Mikhail: Yiddish Lev: Russian Olga: Russian
Their educational level? Mikhail: graduated from Leningrad Engineering and Construction Institute, Faculty of Industrial and Civil Construction Lev: finished 8 grades of secondary school Olga: finished 6 grades of secondary school
Their occupations? Mikhail: engineer Lev: N/A Olga: N/A
Where do/did they live? Mikhail: Moscow Lev: Pismennoye Olga: Pismennoye
Where else did they live? -
4 Do they have children? Mikhail: daughter, Tatiana Ryzhevskaya, born in 1949
Where and when did they die? Mikhail: 1950 (in plane crash) Lev : shot by Germans in 1941, Dnepropetrovsk oblast (today Ukraine) Olga: shot by Germans in 1941, Dnepropetrovsk oblast
5 Spouse Name? Leonid Krichevskiy
Where and when was he/she born? Samara, 1908
Where else did he/she live? Saratov, Moscow
Is he/she Jewish? Yes
What is his/her mother tongue? Yiddish
His/her educational level? Graduated from college as (medical apparatus) technician
Occupation? Worked in hospital as an engineer on medical equipment repairs
Where and when did he/she die? Moscow, 1964
Tell me anything you know about his/her siblings (Name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, name of wife and children, whether their family is Jewish and whether it is religious).
6 No information
7 Children
Their names? Olga Romanova (nee Krichevskaya)
Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews? Was no raised as a Jew. At a mature age she got interested in and taught herself about Jewish history and religion. She identifies herself as a Jew.
Where and when were they born? Moscow, 1954
Where else did they live? -
Their educational level? Graduated from Moscow Electric and Technical Communications Institute
Their occupations? Engineer in Moscow urban telephone network
How many grandchildren do you have? None
8 Father
His name? Samuel Ryzhevskiy (Jewish name: Shloime)
Where and when was he born? Pismennoye, Dnepropetrovsk oblast (today Ukraine), 1885
Where else did he live? -
Where and when did he die? Shot by Germans in 1941, Dnepropetrovsk oblast
What sort of education did he have? Finished 4 grades of elementary school
What sort of work did he do? Farmer
How religious was he? Father was an Atheist, as far as I know, but he observed major Jewish religious holidays. He called on his brother, who was religious.
What was his mother tongue? Yiddish
9 Army service: which army and what years? Russian army during WWI (1914–1917)
Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)
name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
Jacob Ryzhevskiy Pismennoye Farmer Fanya Mark Ryzhevskiy Atheist
(Jewish name: (today Ukraine), Ryzhevskaya (m)
Jankiv) before 1885 – (nee ?) born in 1920
Pismennoye, ? – Pismennoye, and a daughter
1940 1941 (no further
information)
Abram Pismennoye, Farmer ? Ryzhevskaya 3 children Abram was religious.
Ryzhevskiy before 1885 – (nee ?) (no further He observed Jewish
Pismennoye, ? – Pismennoye, information) traditions, observed
1941 1941 Sabbath and Jewish
holidays, prayed at
home
Simeon Pismennoye, Farmer ? Ryzhevskaya 3 children Atheist
Ryzhevskiy 1880s – (nee ?) (no further
(Jewish name: Pismennoye, ? – Pismennoye information)
Shimon) 1941 1941
Manya ? Pismennoye, Housewife ? 3 children Atheist
(nee 1880s ? – (no further
Ryzhevskaya) Dnepropetrovsk Dnepropetrovsk. information)
(today Ukraine), 1950s
1940
Where was he during the Holocaust? Shot by Germans in Dnepropetrovsk oblast in 1941
10 11 Paternal grandfather
Your paternal grandfather’s name? Moses Ryzhevskiy
Where and when was he born? Poland (exact location unknown), date unknown
Where else did he live? Pismennoye
Where and when did he die? Pismennoye, 1910s
What sort of education did he have? No information
What sort of work did he do? No information
How religious was he? No information
What was his mother tongue? Yiddish
12 Army service: which army and what years? No information
Tell me about his brothers and sisters. name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
No information
Where was he during the Holocaust? Died before
13 Paternal grandmother
Your paternal grandmother’s name? ? Ryzhevskaya (nee ?)
Where and when was she born? Dnepropetrovsk oblast (exact location unknown) (today Ukraine), date unknown
Where else did she live? Pismennoye
Where and when did she die? Pismennoye, 1910s
What sort of education did she have? No information
What sort of work did she do? Housewife
How religious was she? No information
What was her mother tongue? Yiddish
14 Tell me about his brothers and sisters. name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
No information
Where was she during the Holocaust? Died before
15 Mother
Her name? Sofia Ryzhevskaya (nee Gitina)
Where and when was she born? Ingulets, Krivoy Rog oblast (today Ukraine), 1892
Where else did she live? Pismennoye
Where and when did she die? Shot by Germans in 1941, exact location unknown
What sort of education did she have? No information
What sort of work did she do? Worked as a teacher in a Ukrainian village school, then in a kolkhoz
How religious was she? Atheist
What was her mother tongue? Yiddish
Tell me about his brothers and sisters. name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
16 Mikhail Gitin Ingulets (today Worked in ? Gitina Grigoriy Gitin (m) Atheist
(Jewish name: Ukraine), before kolkhoz (nee ?) born in 1920
Moishe) 1892 – Krivoy ? – Krivoy Rog
Rog (today 1970s
Ukraine), 1960s
Manya ? Ingulets, before Housewife No information Natalia ? (f) Atheist
(nee Gitina ) 1892 – Ingulets, ? – Ingulets, born in 1926
1941 1941 Julius ? (m)
born in 1928
Joseph Gitin Ingulets, after Worked in ? Gitina 2 children Atheist
1892 – died in kolkhoz (nee ?) (no further
evacuation in ? – Krivoy Rog, information)
Siberia, 1943 1960s
Esfir Berman Ingulets, after Doctor’s Joseph Berman None Atheist
(nee Gitina) 1892 – Кrivoy assistant ? – Krivoy Rog,
Rog, 2004 1970s
Where was she during the Holocaust? Shot by Germans in 1941, exact location unknown
17 Maternal grandfather
Your maternal grandfather’s name? Morduh Gitin
Where and when was he born? Near Krivoz Rog (today Ukraine), date unknown
Where else did he live? Ingulets (today Ukraine)
Where and when did he die? Ingulets, 1923
What sort of education did he have? No information
What sort of work did he do? Farmer
How religious was he? No information
What was his mother tongue? Yiddish
18 Army service: which army and what years? No information
Tell me about his brothers and sisters. No information place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse No information
Where was he during the Holocaust? Died before
19 Maternal grandmother
Your maternal grandmother’s name? Olga Gitina (nee ?) (Jewish name: Golda)
Where and when was she born? Near Krivoy Rog (today Ukraine), date unknown
Where else did she live? Ingulets (today Ukraine)
Where and when did she die? Ingulets, 1926
What sort of education did she have? No information
What sort of work did she do? Housewife
How religious was she? No information
What was her mother tongue? Yiddish
20 Tell me about his brothers and sisters. name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
No information
Where was she during the Holocaust? Died before
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