Moyshe Vanshelboim
(Berdychiv 2009)

Moyshe Aronovich Vanshelboim was born in 1927 in Berdychiv. His mother was named Feyge, and his father, Arn, was a painter born in Berdychiv. His father was imprisoned during World War I. Moyshe went to a Jewish school. 

Vanshelboim's mother and sister were among the Berdychiv Jews massacred and buried in the mass grave during World War II. His father was also shot but he survived and together with Mikhail escaped the Germans. After the war, they returned to Berdychiv. Moyshe received a piece of land to farm after the war. He served in the Red Army in Latvia for four and a half years in the 1950s. Vanshelboim marrried Sara, nee Katz, born in 1930.

Bones of Berdychiv  

Kosher Chicken  

Photographer: Artur Frątczak