ProskurovPoorJewsDonations1912-1914

Proskurov Poor Jews Donations 1912-1914

Preamble to the list of the names of poor Jews who received the charity assistance in pre-revolutionary Proskurov 1912-1914

Yaroslav Mikhaylovsky,
Khmelnitskiy, Ukraine

In the early 20th century, almost all more or less large Jewish communities of the Russian Empire officially established charity societies which provided material assistance to the poor and sick Jews, women in childbirth, etc., members of the local communities. The society of such type under the name “The Relief Society for poor Jewish residents” was created in the city of Proskurov. The donors of charitable funds were well-to-do Jewish residents of Proskurov. The family of Rapoports was among them. Some of its members were also involved in distributing the collected funds. Certainly, all money transactions were thoroughly documented. Recently, the Rapoports domestic Archives were miraculously discovered during the roof repair in the house which had belonged to the family long ago. The archival papers have contained financial documentation. There were discovered a number of stubs of so-called “assignovkas” (Russian «ассигновка» means a document of strict form, which fixed the data of each definite payment provided by the “Relief society”) [Link examples of "stub"]. On the found stubs, some important data, at least, names of aid recipients were presented, as well. On the stubs, we also can find dates of giving any charitable donation (all dates were fixed between January 4, 1912 and April 2, 1914). Those recipients’ names, in the alphabetic order, are collected into the following list. We can follow the sad fate some of them. For example, we know that the aid recipient Chaya Natanzon (her patronymic was Moshkovna) was brutally murdered in pogrom on February 16, 1919; she was only 40).

Translation by Eugenia Sheinman

List of Aid Recipients

Oct 1, 2017 update - added/modifed 1,5,11,12,16,20,23,28,29,31,36,45,46,53,59,67

	Surname	Surname

1	AIZMAN	Айзман	Ш
2	BORSUK	Борсук	М.
3	BRAUN	Браун	Сося
4	VAINER	Вайнер	Ханца
5	VINIKUR	Виникур
6	GEL'PAN	Гельпан	Гитил
7	GERSHENTSVEIG	Гершенцвейг	Голда
8	GILIBTERMAN	Гилибтерман	М.
9	GOLD	Голд
10	GOL'DENBERG	Гольденберг	Эта (Эстер)
11	GRAITSER	Грайцер	Ш.
12	GRINBERG	Гринберг	Тойба
13	GUZ	Гуз	Буня
14	GUZ	Гуз	М.
15	DEREVOED	Деревоед
16	ZALTSMAN	Зальцман	Нехама
17	ZIZMAN	Зизман	Г.
18	ZISMAN	Зисман	М.
19	ZUZMAN, ZUSMAN	Зузман	М.(Зусман М.)
20	KANTER, KANTOR	Кантер	Ш. (Кантор Ш.)
21	KATSMAN	Кацман	Янкель
22	KVASHA	Кваша	Сося
23	KLURFEL'D	Клурфельд	М.
24	KOGAN, KOGEN	Коган	Эта (Коган Этиль, Коген Э.)
25	KOGON	Когон	Р.
26	KORSHCHIVER	Коршчивер	Хая
27	KRUPNIK	Крупник	Х.
28	KURLAND	Курланд	Г.
29	MAIDANIK, MAIDANEK	Майданик	В. (Майданек В.)
30	MARGULIYUS, MARGULIS	Маргулиюс	Б.Г. (Маргулис Б.Г.)
31	MASENKIS	Масенкис	Б.Г.
32	MEZHBA	Межба	Т.
33	MEIL'MAN	Мейльман	Шей(и/л)ва
34	MELAMUD, MALAMUD	Меламуд	А. (Маламуд А.)
35	MELAMUD	Меламуд	М.
36	MELMAN	Мельман	Р.
37	MESHONSHNIK, MESHONZHNIK	Мешоншник	Г. (Мешонжник Г.)
38	MIL'SHTEIN, MIL'TSHTEIN	Мильштейн	П. (Мильтштейн П.)
39	MINDLIS	Миндлис	Цирила
40	MITKIVITSER	Миткивицер	М.
41	NATANZON	Натанзон	Хая (see Note1:)
42	OKSMAN	Оксман	С.А.
43	OKSMAN	Оксман	М.
44	PIN'	Пинь
45	POLTUN	Полтун	Р.
46	POSACHINSKIY	Посачинский	М.
47	RABIN	Рабин	Д.
48	RAPOPORT	Рапопорт	М.
49	RAPOPORT	Рапопорт	Р.
50	ROIZENBERG	Ройзенберг	Б.
51	ROIZENTULER	Ройзентулер	Х.
52	RUKH	Рух	М.
53	RUKHEL', RUKHIL, RIKHIL	Рухель	Э. (Рухил Э., Рихил Э.)
54	SEGAL	Сегал	Б.
55	SIGAL	Сигал	Т.
56	SOIFER	Сойфер
57	FEL'DMAN	Фельдман	Д.
58	FELDMAN, FEL'DMAN, FEL'MAN	Фелдман	Р. (Фельдман Р. Фельман Р.)
59	SHAIN	Шайн	М.
60	SHAFIR	Шафир	Б.А.
61	SHEINBERG	Шейнберг	Ш.М.
62	SHEINKMAN	Шейнкман	М.
63	SHEPOPET	Шепопет	К.М.
64	SHIRSHIN	Ширшин	Янтца
65	SHISHKER, SHIMKER	Шишкер	(Шимкер) Акумака
66	SHPIGEL'	Шпигель	Малка
67	SHTIMER	Штимер	Ш.
68	ESTRAYKH	Эстрайх	И.
	Note 1: patronymic - Moshkovna, died on February 16, 1919 at the age of 40 (Number 41)

These are two examples of the "stubs" from which the list of names was made.