The story of the Kaliko Norman family

The story of the Kaliko Norman family
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1. picture of Yekutiel
Yekutiel Ben Shlomo Keiles (his eldest daughter Ester – Rachel Keiles
– Kaliko, was my mother's grandmother) was born in Bialystok in
eastern Poland, in 1840. He was a blacksmith in the new city, Nova.

In 1912, Yekutiel Keiles was among the "non-Russia" Jews who met the
authorities' criteria and were allowed to vote for the Russian
parliament, the Duma, as one of the Jews' representatives. He died of
an illness in 1927, after the death of two of his daughters that year.
Yekutiel had six daughters and two sons, and three others whose names
appear in the records of the Polish archive of Bialystok and who I
didn't know about.

2. picture of Masha Bat Israel Keiles
Masha Bat Israel Keiles (the wife of Yekutiel Keiles. Her eldest
daughter, Esther Rachel, was my mother's grandmother) was born in
Bialystok in the middle of the 19th century and died in the 1920s. She
had six daughters and two sons and three others who I didn't know
about.

3. picture of Leib (Aryeh) Ben Hirsch Kaliko
Leib (Aryeh) Ben Hirsch Kaliko (the husband of Esther Rachel
Keiles-Kaliko, my mother's grandmother) was born in Bialystok around
1860 and worked as a weaver. After the death of his wife
Esther-Rachel, he immigrated with his young daughter to America
(around 1925) following his two sons (Yerachmiel-Robert and
Israel-Izidor) who immigrated before him. He spent the rest of his
life in New York, where he died. He had five sons and two daughters.

4. picture of Shimon Kaliko
Shimon Kaliko was the eldest grandson of Yekutiel Keiles (son of
Esther-Rachel Keiles and Leib Kaliko of Bialystok). He was born in
Bialystok in 1885 to a family who lived there for many generations. As
young man he worked as a skinner in Smorgon, near Minsk. He was active
in the Bond – the Jewish laborers' movement – and was sent to prison
for subversive socialist activity against the czar. In jail he met his
future wife (my grandmother), Chaya Bella Norman of Vileyka,who was
also active in the Bond movement. They married in 1908-1910 in
Smarho?. (their eldest daughter was my mother, Nechama Kaliko, who was
born in Smarho? in 1912).

During World War I, my grandfather was expelled with his wife and
three small children, along with the rest of Smarho?'s Jews. They were
forced to march from Smarho? to Minsk. There, they lost their three
children in one day following a rubella (or measles) plague which
spread among the refugees. Shimon and his wife, Chaya-Bella, fell into
deep grief. Even before the end of the war, he reached Kazan (the
Tatarstan capital) in search of his eldest daughter (my mother,
Nechama Kaliko), who escaped with her grandfather and aunts on a train
from Vileyka to Tatarstan during the expulsion.

In Kazan they had a son and a daughter (Zvi-Hirschel, 1916, and
Tzipora-Feigel, 1918). After several years in Kazan, they moved to
Bialystok, where grandfather's family lived – a great tribe of the
Keiles and Kaliko family members. Their seventh son Gershon was born
in Bialystok in 1920.

Due to difficulties providing for his family, they moved in 1926-7 to
his wife's hometown – Vileyka, then Poland, on the Belarus border. My
grandfather and grandmother, Shimon and Chaya Bella, refused to flee
the town on the day the Germans entered – June 22 1941, believing that
the enlightened Germans would not hurt them. According to testimonies,
my grandfather, Shimon Kaliko, was burnt alive along with the other
men of Vileyka, while they were imprisoned in the local jailhouse
which was set on fire. My grandmother and her small grandson were
apparently thrown into pits outside Vileyka and shot in the same
method which was customary in the areas surrounding Vilna, and in all
of Belarus and Lithuania.

5. picture of the Norman girls c 1900
1 – Chaya ( Kaliko), the eldest sister, 2 – Besel (Batya), 3 – Menuha,
4 – Heine, 5 – the mother, Feige Meirovitch-Norman, 6 – Batsheva, the
only one who lived to an old age. She immigrated to America in 1919
and married Yaakov – Jack Aizenshtat of Minsk, and lived a rich life
in Boston. She died in 1965.

6.picture of the Norman cousins
From left to right: The young Chaya Bella Norman (later Shimon's
wife), her brother Nathan Norman and two cousins in Vileyka, the
summer of 1904. Her brother, Nathan Norman, immigrated to the United
States in the first decade of the 20th century, lived in Los Angeles
all his life, founded a large insurance agency and was an amateur
painter. Chaya and the cousins were murdered in the Holocaust.

7. The Kaliko family
Farewell photo of my mother, Nechama (standing on the right), on the
eve of her immigration to the Land of Israel, 1933. Her brother
Gershon (standing next to her), her sister Feigel, the parents Shimon
and Chaya – were all murdered.

8. A wedding picture
My grandfather and grandmother, may God avenge their blood, Shimon
Kaliko from Bialystok and Chaya Bella Norman from Vileyka, on their
wedding day in Smarho? 1908-1910. They were both murdered in Vileyka
on June 22, 1941 with their small grandson.

9. Shalom Norman with daughter
Shalom Norman (the brother of my great grandfather, Kalman Norman)
and his daughter Hannah Heine Norman, in Vileyka. Hannah perished in
the Holocaust.

10. Nechama (Kaliko) Malberger, in 1930 in Vileyka

11. Kaliko family 1936
My grandfather and grandmother Shimon (1) and Chaya Bella Kaliko (2),
with their children: Zvi-Hirschel (3), Tzipora-Feigel (4) and Gershon
(5), at the entrance to their home on May 10, 1936. The picture was
sent to my parents' home in the Land for Israel as a commemoration.
Zvi, an officer in the Polish army, was murdered . Tzipora, a
partisan, was killed in the forests of Vileyka, while Gershon managed
to escape on the last train into Russia and immigrated to Israel with
his family in 1960.

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*The story of the Kaliko Norman family* http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4062954,00.html 1. picture of Yekutiel Yekutiel Ben Shlomo Keiles (his eldest daughter Ester – Rachel Keiles – Kaliko, was my mother's grandmother) was born in Bialystok in eastern Poland, in 1840. He was a blacksmith in the new city, Nova. In 1912, Yekutiel Keiles was among the "non-Russia" Jews who met the authorities' criteria and were allowed to vote for the Russian parliament, the Duma, as one of the Jews' representatives. He died of an illness in 1927, after the death of two of his daughters that year. Yekutiel had six daughters and two sons, and three others whose names appear in the records of the Polish archive of Bialystok and who I didn't know about. 2. picture of Masha Bat Israel Keiles Masha Bat Israel Keiles (the wife of Yekutiel Keiles. Her eldest daughter, Esther Rachel, was my mother's grandmother) was born in Bialystok in the middle of the 19th century and died in the 1920s. She had six daughters and two sons and three others who I didn't know about. 3. picture of Leib (Aryeh) Ben Hirsch Kaliko Leib (Aryeh) Ben Hirsch Kaliko (the husband of Esther Rachel Keiles-Kaliko, my mother's grandmother) was born in Bialystok around 1860 and worked as a weaver. After the death of his wife Esther-Rachel, he immigrated with his young daughter to America (around 1925) following his two sons (Yerachmiel-Robert and Israel-Izidor) who immigrated before him. He spent the rest of his life in New York, where he died. He had five sons and two daughters. 4. picture of Shimon Kaliko Shimon Kaliko was the eldest grandson of Yekutiel Keiles (son of Esther-Rachel Keiles and Leib Kaliko of Bialystok). He was born in Bialystok in 1885 to a family who lived there for many generations. As young man he worked as a skinner in Smorgon, near Minsk. He was active in the Bond – the Jewish laborers' movement – and was sent to prison for subversive socialist activity against the czar. In jail he met his future wife (my grandmother), Chaya Bella Norman of Vileyka,who was also active in the Bond movement. They married in 1908-1910 in Smarho?. (their eldest daughter was my mother, Nechama Kaliko, who was born in Smarho? in 1912). During World War I, my grandfather was expelled with his wife and three small children, along with the rest of Smarho?'s Jews. They were forced to march from Smarho? to Minsk. There, they lost their three children in one day following a rubella (or measles) plague which spread among the refugees. Shimon and his wife, Chaya-Bella, fell into deep grief. Even before the end of the war, he reached Kazan (the Tatarstan capital) in search of his eldest daughter (my mother, Nechama Kaliko), who escaped with her grandfather and aunts on a train from Vileyka to Tatarstan during the expulsion. In Kazan they had a son and a daughter (Zvi-Hirschel, 1916, and Tzipora-Feigel, 1918). After several years in Kazan, they moved to Bialystok, where grandfather's family lived – a great tribe of the Keiles and Kaliko family members. Their seventh son Gershon was born in Bialystok in 1920. Due to difficulties providing for his family, they moved in 1926-7 to his wife's hometown – Vileyka, then Poland, on the Belarus border. My grandfather and grandmother, Shimon and Chaya Bella, refused to flee the town on the day the Germans entered – June 22 1941, believing that the enlightened Germans would not hurt them. According to testimonies, my grandfather, Shimon Kaliko, was burnt alive along with the other men of Vileyka, while they were imprisoned in the local jailhouse which was set on fire. My grandmother and her small grandson were apparently thrown into pits outside Vileyka and shot in the same method which was customary in the areas surrounding Vilna, and in all of Belarus and Lithuania. 5. picture of the Norman girls c 1900 1 – Chaya ( Kaliko), the eldest sister, 2 – Besel (Batya), 3 – Menuha, 4 – Heine, 5 – the mother, Feige Meirovitch-Norman, 6 – Batsheva, the only one who lived to an old age. She immigrated to America in 1919 and married Yaakov – Jack Aizenshtat of Minsk, and lived a rich life in Boston. She died in 1965. 6.picture of the Norman cousins From left to right: The young Chaya Bella Norman (later Shimon's wife), her brother Nathan Norman and two cousins in Vileyka, the summer of 1904. Her brother, Nathan Norman, immigrated to the United States in the first decade of the 20th century, lived in Los Angeles all his life, founded a large insurance agency and was an amateur painter. Chaya and the cousins were murdered in the Holocaust. 7. The Kaliko family Farewell photo of my mother, Nechama (standing on the right), on the eve of her immigration to the Land of Israel, 1933. Her brother Gershon (standing next to her), her sister Feigel, the parents Shimon and Chaya – were all murdered. 8. A wedding picture My grandfather and grandmother, may God avenge their blood, Shimon Kaliko from Bialystok and Chaya Bella Norman from Vileyka, on their wedding day in Smarho? 1908-1910. They were both murdered in Vileyka on June 22, 1941 with their small grandson. 9. Shalom Norman with daughter Shalom Norman (the brother of my great grandfather, Kalman Norman) and his daughter Hannah Heine Norman, in Vileyka. Hannah perished in the Holocaust. 10. Nechama (Kaliko) Malberger, in 1930 in Vileyka 11. Kaliko family 1936 My grandfather and grandmother Shimon (1) and Chaya Bella Kaliko (2), with their children: Zvi-Hirschel (3), Tzipora-Feigel (4) and Gershon (5), at the entrance to their home on May 10, 1936. The picture was sent to my parents' home in the Land for Israel as a commemoration. Zvi, an officer in the Polish army, was murdered . Tzipora, a partisan, was killed in the forests of Vileyka, while Gershon managed to escape on the last train into Russia and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1960.