Raisa Turovskaia was educated at a Yiddish school for four years and later graduated from a Ukrainian school. During the war, she evacuated to a kolkhoz in the Shekhmanskii region. She and her family evacuated further to Siberia. She moved to Ovruch in 1944 and worked as History teacher later on.
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Ovruch, Ukraine
Raisa Turovskaia remembers in this clip, how she and her family celebrated Passover during her childhood. In particular, Raisa emphasizes that her family cooked meat in kosher Passover dishes. The family’s cow, moreover, gave milk enough to sell to neighbors and to donate to the hospital.
Raisa describes in the clip below, how her mother was infected with tuberculosis during the Civil War. Raisa recalls that her mother suffered long-term from the disease. As a result, Raisa had to run chores and take care of the household during her school education.