Excerpts from an unpublished memoir of a man who was born in Tonezh, Belarus. His parents were Chaim Gelman and Genia Maria Lelchuk. The family emigrated to Cuba in 1928 and then came to Miami after the Cuban Revolution.
Chaim’s parents were Efraim and Golde.
Genia’s parents were Meyer Lelchuk, a man standing more than six feet tall, and Fiega Toube.