Esfir Lupyan
"Keep your Jewish-ness, do not assimilate! We must to be honest, just, and kind."
Name at birth
Esfir (Fira) Kaplan
Date of birth
01/01/1936
Where were you born?
Name of father, occupation
Tsalia Kaplan,
Gulag coal mines for twenty years
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Bella Muroch,
Bookkeeper
Immediate family (names, birth order)
My mother, one brother Gershon (born in 1929) and me
How many in entire extended family?
21
Who survived the Holocaust?
My mother and I survived, and two other cousins on my father's side survived. These two brothers were 16 and 20 years old, they were mobilized in the Red Army.
Name of Ghetto(s)
Where were you in hiding?
Forests around Minsk
Occupation after the war
Industrial Chemist
Spouse
Naum Layer,
mechanical Engineer
What message would you like to leave for future generations?
Keep your Jewish-ness, do not assimilate! We must to be honest, just, and kind.
Experiences
Survivor's map
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