Кусел, Константин Уздин
Born circa 1884 in Vishki, Latvia, died in Barnaul, Siberia, Russia
Kusel Usdin
Kusel Usdin was my Granduncle, born in
Vishki in Circa 1884 to Beines Jankelevich Usdin and Sarah, née
to Kusel Alterman. Kusel was my Grandfather's eldest brother.
Kusel
escaped the holocaust as he fled or was deported to Siberia in the 1940
ies. He was married to Rebbeca Aronovna, born in 1890. After her
husband's death in Barnaul, Rebecca returned to Leningrad and is
burried in the Preobrazhenskoi Jewish cemetery of St Petersburg.
Rebecca Aronovna Usdina's tombstone in 1998 and in 2008
Kusel and Rebecca had one son, David, born in 1913 in Leningrad.David Usdin worked all his life
in Gorelectrotrans( Горэлектротранс ) in 1953-1973 as the Chief Engineer. Gorelectrotrans also published a book of the 70th anniversary of
the trolleybus traffic in St. Petersburg, where David is mentioned several times.
David died in 1983 and is burried in the Preobrazhenskoi Jewish cemetery of St Petersburg.
David Usdin
David and his wife Fania Moiseievna Kopilov's tombstone
in the Jewish cemetery of St Petersburg in 1998 and 2008
Rebecca Aronovna Usdina's tombstone in 1998 and in 2008
David died in 1983 and is burried in the Preobrazhenskoi Jewish cemetery of St Petersburg.
David Usdin
David and his wife Fania Moiseievna Kopilov's tombstone
in the Jewish cemetery of St Petersburg in 1998 and 2008
David
had one son, Micha Usdin, born in the 1940 ies in Leningrad. He is
married to Galia and they have one daughter, Vika. I met them several
times in St Petersburg.
Galia and me in St Petersburg. 1998
Galia, Misha, Vika Usdin. St Petersburg. September 2009. Click to enlarge
Galia and me in St Petersburg. 1998
Galia, Misha, Vika Usdin. St Petersburg. September 2009. Click to enlarge
In
2009, I drove to Barnaul, trying to find infos about Kusel and his
tomb. I met Rabbi Yisroel Noach Kamenetsky and David Melamed.
The Jewish cemetery doesn't exist anymore. David and I drove to an Orthodox cemetery and looked at the registry, trying to find Kusel's grave in the Jewish section.
Rabbi Noach Kamenetsky in the shul of Barnaul
David Melamed in the Orthodox cemetery
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The Jewish cemetery doesn't exist anymore. David and I drove to an Orthodox cemetery and looked at the registry, trying to find Kusel's grave in the Jewish section.
Rabbi Noach Kamenetsky in the shul of Barnaul
David Melamed in the Orthodox cemetery
Webmaster: Christine Usdin. France
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