Rocha-Lea Meirtal and Jacob Aronovich visit their children and nephews, students at Charles University in Prague.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 01047

Date: Circa 1929
Locale: Prague, [Bohemia] Czechoslovakia
Variant Locale: Praha
Czech Republic
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Estonia
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Avi Dobrysh

Biography: Isaac Dobrysh was born November 17, 1909 in Pskov, Russia. He married Deborah Miriam Meirtal (born in 1913). Deborah's parents were Shlema-Zalman Meirtal (born 1889 in Tallinn, Estonia) and Roche Leah Aronovich (born 1884). Shlema-Zalman founded the Meirtal family shoe store located on Kuressaare, an island in western Estonia. Roche Leah had at least two siblings, Esther (born 1888, later Kozlovsky) and Jacob Aronovich (born 1893). Deborah had several siblings: Isaac (born 1905), Hirsch (born 1907), Peisach (born 1909), and Scheine-Chinde (born 1916). Peisach married Ilse Reisberg. Isaac and Deborah Dobrysh had at least one son, Avi Dobrysh. Isaac Dobrysh was killed in action on October 12, 1944 during the batle for the island Saaremaa, Estonia. Shlema-Zalman Meirtal perished during the Holocaust in Tallin in September 1941. Sheine-Chinde perished in the Riga ghetto with her husband and son.
Keyword: FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH)
JEWS (ESTONIAN)
JEWS (RUSSIAN/SOVIET)
UNIVERSITIES/STUDENTS/STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Avi Dobrysh
: Record last modified: 2016-02-24 00:00:00
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