ברדיצ'ב
Berdichev
Where our roots are, and where our name comes from.
The Name
"Of Berdichev"
Berdichevsky means one who comes from Berdichev, a town in Ukraine. The Slavic ending -sky means "of" or "from".
Our roots go back to Berdichev. When and how the family moved on to Belarus, we don't yet know.
BerdichevskyBardichevskyBerdichevskiy
Бердичевскийברדיצ'בסקי
Berdichev
The town
-sky
"Of / from"
From Berdichev to Mozyr to Israel. One family.
Our Roots
Berdichev & Mozyr
Our roots are in Berdichev, Ukraine, the town our name comes from. Later the family lived in Mozyr, in southern Belarus, before the Second World War and again after it.
מוזיר
Mozyr
Where the family lived before and after the war, on the high banks of the Pripyat River.
Our Story
Before, during & after the war
Our roots
Berdichev, Ukraine
Where it began
The family's earliest roots, and the town that gave us our name.
Before 1941
Mozyr, Belarus
Home
Our family lives in Mozyr: an ordinary Jewish family, living an ordinary life.
1941 – 1945
The Second World War
Split apart
The war scattered everyone. My grandmother Bronia was evacuated to Kazakhstan, and my grandfather Itzhak (Isaak) went to fight at the front.
After 1945
Mozyr, Belarus
A new family
Itzhak came home from the front with the Order of the Red Star, and Bronia came back from Kazakhstan. They met after the war and built our family in Mozyr, by the Pripyat River.
1995
Israel
Aliyah
The family makes Aliyah and starts a new chapter in Israel.
Today
Israel
Home base
This site: a place to collect our story and share it with family and friends.
In Memory
Remembering our family
Pages in memory of the people whose stories made ours.
Isaak (Itzhak) Berdichevsky
1926 – 2007
Born 1926 in Mozyr. Went to the front at seventeen, fought to Berlin and Prague, and was awarded the Order of the Red Star. After the war he worked as a woodworker and kept the family together.
Read his story
Bronia Furman Berdichevsky
1932 – 2012
Spent the war in evacuation in Kazakhstan. After the war she met Isaak, and worked as a kindergarten teacher and director in Mozyr until her last working day.
Read her storyMeet the family
Who we are today
The story continues with us: David, Adi and Avital.
Meet the family