"?COUSINS
SHOULD KNOW
EACH
OTHER..."
DESCENDANTS OF
MORDECAI OIFMAN
AND
THE VILLAGE OF
NIKOLAYEV, PODOLSKI (MIKOLAEYEV)
BY DORIS HOFFMAN KOHN
This book was published for my family and friends. All proceeds will benefit the Jewish National Fund, which will plant a woodland of trees in honor of the "Cousins of Nikolayev, Podolski (Mikolaeyev)."
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THE
NIKOLAYEV (MIKOLAEYEV) CLUB OF ST. LOUIS (Mid 1940s)
Front row, left to right:
Ceil Shmuger, Jeanie and Bernadine Schwartz. 2nd row: Jacob Greenwald, Meyer
Hoffman, Zipora Spelky, Sam, Herman, Sarah and Morris Hollander, Sarah and Hyman
Hoffman, Baubsa Adelman. Third row: Jake Shmuger, Gussie Axelrod, Lottie and
Frank Hoffman, Beila Hoffman, Sylvia and Ben Schwartz, Sarah Weintraub, Jennie
and Abe Krachmalnick,
Back row: Ruchel Ehrlich, Anna Shmuger,
Chana Fayge Hoffman, Nathan, Ruth, Julius, and Gertrude Krachmalnick, Ben
Grossman, Sam and Lena Katz, Adele and Ike Rosenbaum and Isaac Hoffman.
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Meyer Hoffman

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Preface Page 1
Acknowledgements
Page 3
Family History
Page 7
Mordecai Oifman
Page 29
Rachmeil Oifman
Page 31
Shiah Oifman
Page 61
Miriam Oifman Bernstein
Page 71
Guttyah Oifman Galen
Page 77
Nechah Oifman Cwengel
Page 83
Dena Oifman Gervich
Page 91
Shore Family
Page 111
Gralneks. Rosenbaums and
Others from Nikolayev
Page 119
Conclusion
Page 121
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