Your Family Tree s13


Full name

Vladimir Olgart (Jewish name: Velvel)

Where and when were you born?

Skvira, 15th December 1912

Where else did you live?

Moscow (today Russia), Kiev, Leningrad (today Russia)

Your educational level?

Russian secondary school (8 years)

What sort of work do/did you do?

Barber

What was the level of religiosity in your parents' home? How were you raised?

We were a religious family, we observed all Jewish traditions.

What is your mother tongue?

Yiddish

How many languages do you speak?

Russian, Ukrainian

If you were in an army, tell us which army and the dates

Soviet army, 1941 – 1946

Where were you during the Holocaust?

At the front


Siblings

Their names

Mikhail (Moshe) Olgart
Riva Bateiko (nee Olgart)
Sonia Olgart

Where and when were they born?

All born in Skvira.
Mikhail: 1908
Riva: 1910
Sonia: 1914

What is their mother tongue?

Yiddish

Their educational level?

Mikhail: 5 years of Russian secondary school
Riva: 7 years of Jewish secondary school
Sonia: 8 years of Russian secondary school

Their occupations?

Mikhail: before WWII - metalworker at the Arsenal Plant in Kiev, after WWII - barber
Riva: cashier at the factory canteen, housewife after getting married
Sonia: housewife, after WWII - shop assistant

Where do/did they live?

Kiev

Where else did they live?

Riva: Novosibirsk (today Russia) (in evacuation)
Sonia: Ural (today Russia) (in evacuation)

Do they have children?

Mikhail: a son and a daughter
Riva: three daughters
Sonia: a son and a daughter

Where and when did they die?

Mikhail: Kiev, 1977
Riva: Jerusalem (today Israel), 2000
Sonia: Kiev, 1976


Spouse

Name?

Betia Olgart (nee Chornaya)
Lubov Olgart (nee Bezrukova)

Where and when was he/she born?

Betia: Skvira, 1912
Lubov: Novo-Khoperka, Tambov region (today Russia), 1923

Where else did he live?

Both in Kiev

Is he/she Jewish?

Betia: Yes
Lubov: No

What is his/her mother tongue?

Betia: Yiddish
Lubov: Russian

His/her educational level?

Betia: 8 years of Russian secondary school in Skvira
Lubov: military pilot school and Pedagogical College

Occupation?

Betia: housewife
Lubov: teacher of drawing at school, design artist
Children

Their names?

Mara Teslenko (nee Olgart)

Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews?

She wasn’t raised Jewish but she identifies herself as a Jew.

Where and when were they born?

Kiev, 24th June 1937

Where else did they live?

Chernigov

Their educational level?

Graduated from the Power Energy Faculty of the Kiev University of Energy

Their occupations?

Lecturer at Chernigov University

How many grandchildren do you have?

Two granddaughters, the older one is in Jerusalem, Israel, and the younger one is in Kiev

His name?

Mordko Olgart (Jewish name: Motl)

Where and when was he was born?

Small town near Warsaw, today Warsaw suburb (today Poland), 1870

Where else did he live?

Skvira

Where and when did he die?

Skvira, 1956

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

Barber

What was his level of religiosity?

He was religious, he observed Jewish traditions, prayed, went to the synagogue on holidays, celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays and followed the kashruts.

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: Which army and what years?

None

Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (Name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)

Two sisters moved to the US in the early 1900s. No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in the Ural

If he survived, what did he do after?

Skvira, barber


Your father’s father name?

Leizer Olgart

Where and when was he born?

No information

Where else did he live?

Warsaw (today Poland), Skvira

Where and when did he die?

Skvira, 1906

What sort of education did he have?

Cheder

What sort of work did he do?

No information

What was his level of religiosity?

No information

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: Which army and what years?

None

Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (Name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)

No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before

Your father’s mother’s name?

? Olgart (nee ?)

Where and when was she born?

No information

Where else did she live?

No information

Where and when did she die?

No information

What sort of education did she have?

At home

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

No information

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell me about her brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)

No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Died before

Her name?

Neha Olgart (nee ?)

Where and when was she was born?

Volodarka, Kiev province, 1887

Where else did she live?

Skvira, Kiev

Where and when did she die?

Kiev, 1967

What sort of education did she have?

At home

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

She was religious, observed Jewish traditions, prayed, went to the synagogue on holidays, celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays and followed the kashrut.s

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell me about her brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)

Dudik (Duvid) ?: Skvira, Kiev, shoemaker.
Older sister - no information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

In evacuation in the Ural

If she survived, what did she do after?

Lived in Skvira, Kiev, Housewife

Your mother father’s name?

No information

Where and when was he born?

No information

Where else did he live?

Volodarka village, Kiev province

Where and when did he die?

С Volodarka villag, Kiev province, 1900s

What sort of education did he have?

No information

What sort of work did he do?

No information

What was his level of religiosity?

No information

What was his mother tongue?

Yiddish

Army service: Which army and what years?

None

Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)

No information

Where was he during the Holocaust?

Died before


Your mother mother’s name?

No information

Where and when was she born?

No information

Where else did she live?

Volodarka village, Kiev province

Where and when did she die?

Volodarka village, Kiev province, early 1900s

What sort of education did she have?

At home

What sort of work did she do?

Housewife

What was her level of religiosity?

No information

What was her mother tongue?

Yiddish

Tell me about her brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)

No information

Where was she during the Holocaust?

Died before

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