Tsilya Tochilnikov papers

Tsilya Tochilnikov papers 

Tsilya Tochilnikov (nee Donskaya, 1932) fled Voznesensk with her pregnant mother when Germany invaded Ukraine in June 1941, eventually making their way to Tbilisi, Georgia. Her mother gave birth to her brother Riven-Romochka en route. They learned that Tsilya’s grandmother Reisa Livshits, aunts Dora Groisman and Rivva Litvakm, uncles Mosey, Motl, and Girsh, and all her cousins had been massacred in Vinnytsia and that her brother Boris (Borya) had been killed fighting in the war. Tsilya and Riven-Romochka were moved to children’s homes in Tbilisi and later to foster care in Baku, Azerbaijan. Tsilya left Baku for the United States following the January 1990 Baku pogrom. 

Tsilya Tochilnikov papers