Semyon (Solomon) Sherayzin & Fruma (Fanya) née Gutman of Petrikov

Life

A Sherayzin family of Petrikov, documented at Yad Vashem but not linked. Semyon was a Red Army serviceman, married in 1935. Fruma, a teacher, was murdered in the Shoah in 1941 with their children Bronya (b. 1936) and Naum (b. 1940). A 1940 family photograph survives with a typed caption naming all four. Fruma's brother Isaac Gutman filed her Page of Testimony from Brooklyn in 1992.

Facts

• confirmed Yad Vashem: Fruma Fanya née Gutman, b. 1916/1918, Adasi village, Petrikov district; teacher; parents Eliezer-Lipe Gutman and Vita Slavkina; murdered with both children. Source: Yad Vashem Names database (read by Instinct) found by Instinct
• confirmed 1940 family photograph at Yad Vashem: Semyon in uniform, Fruma, Bronya and the baby Naum. Source: Yad Vashem photo archive (found by Instinct) found by Instinct
• unproven Link to the line: unproven. Aron Ioselev Sherayzin (1907 Petrikov voter) is a candidate elder. Source: Instinct's tree M197 found by Instinct

Timeline

1. 1935Semyon and Fruma marry
2. 1936Bronya born
3. 1940Naum born; family photograph
4. 1941Fruma, Bronya and Naum murdered

Photographs and documents 1

The Sherayzin family of Petrikov, 1940

confirmed found by Instinct

Semyon in uniform, Fruma, Bronya and the baby.

Source Yad Vashem photo archive