Shimon Alperstein was born in 1874 in Ruzhany (Rozhinoy), Slonim district, to Isser and Feige Alperstein. He married Sarah who was born in 1876 in Ruzhany to Moshe and Chaya Agushwitz. Shimon and Sarah Alperstein moved to Lunna at the end of the 19th century. Shimon was authorized as a Rabbi. However, since he did not want to have an axe to grind, he was also a Shochet (ritual slaughterer) in Lunna. He was a reader of Scriptures ("Baal Keriah") in the small synagogue of the "Mitnagdim". Shimon and Sarah Alperstein had eight children, all born in Lunna. Shimon and Sarah Alperstein perished in the Holocaust.

The Children of Shimon and Sarah Alperstein

1. David, born 1892, married Chaya Kosowski; they moved to Grodno and then to Gdinya. David was a merchant. David and Chaya Alperstein perished in the Holocaust. They had a daughter Luba (b. 1910) and two sons: Moshe (b. 1922) and Aaron (b. 1925). Aaron suffered from diphtheria and died when he was six years old. Luba left Grodno for Eretz Israel in 1937 and married Baruch Egozy. Moshe came to Eretz Israel in 1940 and married Rivka Glembocki. Their families live in Israel and the US.

2. Zelda, born 1894, married Israel Stuczynski. They moved to Grodno and had two children. They all perished in the Holocaust.

3. Bluma, born 1897, married Gdalia Efron of Lunna. They moved to Grodno and had two children. They perished in the Holocaust.

4. Yehuda, born 1901. He immigrated to Australia before the Second World War. His family lives in Australia and Israel.

5. Hinda, born 1902, married Abraham Lis. They resided in Baranowicze before the Second World War and had two children. They perished in the Holocaust.

6. Abraham, born 1904; married Dvorah. They resided in Slonim before the Second World War and had a son (b. 1934). Abraham was a baker. They perished in the Holocaust.

7. Shlomo, born 1906. He moved to Mexico before the Second World War and had family in Mexico.

8. Yitzchak, born 1911. He moved to Mexico before the Second World War and had family in Mexico.

More pictures are posted on the pages of the Kosowski and Eliashberg Families.

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