(Standing) Nuta, Esther (Sitting) Ettle Leah Gurevich Komar, Dvore, and Avrum Shloima Komar, 1929

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on 2010-Aug-08 18:36:44 Todd Cohn said

Not pictured: Oldest child Miriam (Manya) who had already moved to Israel.
on 2010-Aug-08 18:38:55 Todd Cohn said

This pic was sent to Libbi Cohn from Odessa, Russia. Esther is scarred along the left side of her face and neck. At the age of 3 she had tipped over a pot of hot chicken broth and scalded herself. Her hearing was forever impaired in that ear. At that time they had open fires with hanging pots.
on 2010-Aug-08 18:40:36 Todd Cohn said

Neither one of the girls ever married. Dvore, the youngest was so devoted to her older sister that she vowed not to marry until her older sister married even though she was proposed to several xs. They ended up living together for the rest of their lives.
on 2010-Aug-08 18:42:01 Todd Cohn said

They orig lived in the shtetl of Zayivka in the Ukraine which was near Odessa until Stalin started enforcing collectivization. The gov would seize peoples land and animals. So Avrum Shloima anticipated the future and sold everything and moved to Odessa.
on 2010-Aug-08 18:43:05 Todd Cohn said

Avrum Shloima died in 1937 of Colon cancer.
Ettle Leah died in 1950 of breast cancer.
Dvore died in 1959 of a stroke at the age of 59.
Esther died in 1961.