Street Scene in Nesvizh,
                        Minsk Gubernyia, Belarus

Nesvizh Study Group
Photos of the Jewish Folks School (provided by Ken Domeshek)


On this page you will find images that need to be identified.The first image has two photos which are the first or second class of the Jewish Folks School, also known as the Borochov School, started 1918 in Nesvizh.  Bella Sara Damesek was one of the first three teachers of this school and based on the 1919 date on one of the photos, I presume these photos were mementos from her students.  Obtained from her son Edwin Fogelman.  The second image is my great aunt Kreine nee Damesek, her twin boys Hirshel and Mottel, and her husband named Aginsky.  First name of Aginsky is not known.  Based on the Yizkor Book, it could be David.  But there was a large family of Aginsky in Nesvizh.  I want to find an Aginsky descendant who can confirm the first name of the husband.  Kreine and Aginsky were in the ghetto.  I'm not sure about the twins (plus a daughter Yehudit who is not in the photo).  They have not been remembered in Yad Vashem and before I submit Pages of Testimony with this photo, I would like to correctly identify Aginsky by his first name.  (Yes...I know it is a long shot.)



Nesvizh Jewish Folks School circa 1919

Nesvizh Jewish Folks School circa 1919

Aginsky husband and Kreine nee Damesek,
                        Hirshel and Mottel

Aginsky husband and Kreine nee Damesek, Hirshel and Mottel



 

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