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The Tevelyov sisters and the journey to Merke

Tamara and Raya survived the Velizh ghetto, separation from their mother and years in a children’s home. In 1946, the family reunited and moved to Merke in Kazakhstan.

Context: The story is based on Tamara Tevelyova-Malykh’s published memoirs and an archivist’s research.

Source reference: Davar, No. 122, pp. 2–3; Vremya newspaper, 1 September 2018; Yevgeniya Chilikova.

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The Tevelyov sisters and the journey to Merke

Tamara and Raya survived the Velizh ghetto, separation from their mother and years in a children’s home. In 1946, the family reunited and moved to Merke in Kazakhstan.

Context: The story is based on Tamara Tevelyova-Malykh’s published memoirs and an archivist’s research.

Source: Davar, No. 122, pp. 2–3; Vremya newspaper, 1 September 2018; Yevgeniya Chilikova.

Full item: The Tevelyov sisters’ journey from Velizh to Merke in Kazakhstan – https://qazaqstan-israel.org/en/story/sestry-tevelyovy-merke

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