Goperstein family photographs

The Goperstein family lived in Skidel, Russia (later Skidel, Poland, currently Skidel, Belarus) prior to World War II. Gillel or Hillel Goperstein (b. 1850?) had at least two sons, Carpel Goperstein (b. 1895) and David Goperstein (b. 1890?). Carpel and David were both likely veterans of World War I. Skidel was occupied by Germany on 27 June 1941 during their invasion of the Soviet Union. Jews were forced into a ghetto in late 1941. On 2 November 1942 the ghetto was liquidated, and the Jews of Skidel were deported to Kiełbasin transit camp. Most of Skidel’s Jews were deported from Kiełbasin to Auschwitz on 9 November 1942 and 14 November 1942, and the majority of them were murdered upon arrival. Carpel, his brother David, and their father, along with other members of the Goperstein family likely all perished at Auschwitz during these deportations.