Yom HaShoah: In remembrance, 5 May 2016

Tonight is the start of Yom HaShoah. On this day, we honor the memories of those who died in Europe as a result of the atrocities associated with World War II. I have yet to find all of my family members with connections to the Holocaust. I hope my research continues to uncover their stories.

For some who died, I have little more than names.* For others, there are bits and snatches of recollections from other family members or information I have gleaned from records. For just a few, we have recollections of those who knew and loved them.

Killed in/near Labun, Ukraine (ca. July-September, 1941):

• Perl Garber Zabarsky (born about 1888, age 53 at death), daughter of Avraham Garber and Chana Mazewitsky. Sister of my grandfather Jack Garber. My great aunt.
• Khana Zabarsky (b. 1 August 1926, age 15) , daughter of Perl Garber and Isseck Zabarsky. My first cousin, once removed.
•  Shmulik Mazewitsky (b. ca. 1915, age ca. 26), son of Monia Mazewitsky and Tzipa. Monia was (likely) the brother of my great grandfather Isidore Morris. My first cousin, twice removed.
• Sonia Weisman Mazewitsky (b. ca. 1916, age 25), wife of Shmulik and daughter of Liba.
• Aron Mazewitsky (b. ca. 1935, ca. age 6), son of Shmulik and Sonia. My second cousin, once removed.

Died during service in the Russian military:

• Leib Bebik (Ber) Zabarsky (b. 8 December 1916, d. 17 January 1941). He was killed and his body was never found. My first cousin, once removed.
• Mottl (or Mark) Zabarsky (b. 19 December 1918, d. 7 June 1943). He was buried near Bobrovka, Shchigrovsky district, Kursk oblast, Russia. Mottl was my first cousin, once removed.

Both men were the sons of Perl and Isseck Zabarsky.

Died near Tluste, Ukraine (July 1943):

• Jutte Ett Barath (b. 21 January 1894), daughter of Hersch Leib Ett and Perl Wenkert. Perl Wenkert was my great grandmother's sister. Jutte was my first cousin, twice removed.
• Moshe Efraim Barath, husband of Jutte Ett.

Died near Czortkow, Ukraine (1942):

• Leon Eliezer Gottfried (b. ca. 1886), son of Yisrael Gottfried and Rakhel Liebross. Rakhel was my great grandfather's sister. Leon was my first cousin, twice removed.
• Khana Weis Gottfried, wife of Leon Gottfried.
• Rivka Gottfried (b. ca. 1926), daughter of Leo and Khana Gottfried. Rivka was my second cousin, once removed.
• Yisrael Gottfried (b. ca. 1934), son of Leon and Khana Gottfried. Yisrael was my second cousin, once removed.  

Died in Obodovka, Vinnitsa, Ukraine (date unknown):  

• Kalman Schaffer (b. ca. 1884), son of Berl Schaffer and Rivka Liebross. Rivka was my great grandfather's sister. Kalman was my first cousin, twice removed. 
• Charlotte Schaffer (b. ca. 1886), daughter of Berl Schaffer and Rivka Liebross. Rivka was my great grandfather's sister. Charlotte was my first cousin, twice removed.

Died in Lviv, Ukraine (date unknown): 

• Markus Schaffer, PhD. (b. ca. 1885), son of Berl Schaffer and Rivka Liebross. Rivka was my great grandfather's sister. Markus was my first cousin, twice removed. 

May their souls be bound in everlasting life.

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* Records include:

• pages of testimony on the Yad Vashem website;  
• digitized documents (accessed via the Steve Morse One-Step webpage) for Russia's Fallen website; and
•  Kniha Skorboty Ukraine, Khmel'nyt︠s′ka oblast, volume 2, 2002.