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The Museum of Jewish History of Brest is operated by Regina Arkadyevna Simonenko. She would appreciate all Briskers from around the world to donate copies of photographs and accounts of their family histories to the museum. They will become part of the museum's permanent exhibition.
The below photographs are from her current exhibition. Just click on any photograph and it will be enlarged.
We are working with someone to have the Russian text translated into English.
The below photographs are from her current exhibition. Just click on any photograph and it will be enlarged.
We are working with someone to have the Russian text translated into English.
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| He who saves a life, saves an entire world. This is a well know Talmudic quote. | Pelagaya FiIlippovna Makarenko. | Rescued -- Saved Israel Malker with daughter Lilya. |
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| During the destruction of the Brest ghetto (some lost due to the flash) Pelagaya Makarenko, her brother Petr Galavchenko, Petr's wife Sof'ya, saved six people who were doomed to die. hey are Israel Malker, Lelya Malker, ?Khamik? Malker, ?Maysha? Engel'man, and the Katsaf sisters. morally "Peoples of the World" and certificates of honor. | House in which six human lives were saved. | ?Khamik? Malker with his son. |
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| Certificate of honor to Pelagay Makarenko and Petr and Sof'ya Galavchenko. | Need a translation. |
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| On 15 October 1942 the Brest ghetto was shot. The Earth around the Bronnaya Gora Station received 34,000 lives. | The Thermal Power Station crossing from here (Brest) to the Bronnaya Gora Station. | Day of the catastrophe. |
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| The Jews of Brest to the place the Brest ghetto was shot. | Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust at Trishipsky Cemetery. | ?War? memorial |
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| Memorial to the victims of the Brest ghetto at the ? Cemetery. | On the 50th anniversary Brest ghetto. |
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| The Grinberg pharmacy. | ?Solomon? Grinberg. |
Dramatic story from the hand of an artist.
Leontiy DOBBUSH is a famous artist. Residents of the cities of Brest and Minsk, and also ?Pal'sha?, ?Chizin?, and ?Gormanny? received his dramatic cycle of works, "Live and Remember", about the destruction of the Brest ghetto. One of the ? of his work, "Altana Grinberg", created. |
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| Image 4 & 4A | Chaim Weitzmann | Chaim Weitzmann (1874-1952). First President of the State of Israel. Born in the locality of ?Makal'? (now ?Maliovsky? Region). ...years were associated where he studied in Russian. |
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| Golda Meir | Golda Meir (1898-1978) Prime Minister of the State of Israel (1969-1974) | Itzhak Shamir |
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| Itzhak Shamir 1915 |
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| Yankel' ?Bekhterman? permanent representative of Jewish society. | ||
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| The Love and Death of Sara Fayn | Image 5C | Image 5D |
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