Slonim, Belarus

Rotkop & Yudelevitch Families

By Shoshanah Garshick

21 March 2017

I have photos of my Slonim relatives and want to know if anyone recognizes them.  They are the family of my aunt Shifra( maiden name Rotkop or Rothkopf) Yudelevitch whose husband might be Yisroel; 2 sons, 3 daughters.  In the photo of the matzevah, the woman on the left is my aunt Shifra Yudelevitch.  The woman of the right is her sister-in-law and also my aunt Eta Rachel (called Eshke) Rotkop or Rothkopf from Bialystok.  She emigrated in the late 20's to the USA, whereas Shifra and family stayed in Slonim.

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I have very little info, unfortunately.  I was 12, when there were connections and on]y remember Tante Shifra, not my uncle or the children's names, just that the youngest daughter might be my age, 91!  They were well-to-do, (in the Yiskor Book, the family owns a brick house) which is why they would not emigrate, in spite of pleas. From the Slonim Yiskor Book, the 51st Brigade, I think the father's name may be Yisroel, the two sons, Abba and Motka.  My aunt married a brother-in-law; a sister and brother married a sister and brother, so I am doubly related to the Yudelevitch Family.  Shifra Rotkop or Rothkopf married Yisroel Yudelevitch; her brother Pinchus Rotkop or Rothkopf married Eta Rochel or Eshke Yudelevitch.  The descendants know nothing of the Slonim Family.  In September 1939, my father received a postal card from Shifra stating "Poland is divided;  thank G-d we are with the Russians."   Yiddish.  I lost the card, unfortunately.

Shoshanah

Grave Yehuda-Leib Rothkopf

Shifra's Children 1937-38