Reunion: Hero who saved a survivor is found
On Page 19 of the July 2006 edition of Together magazine, Lazare Berneman posted a picture of a man in a British soldier’s uniform.
The man in the picture is Mordechai (Motel) Bukstelski, my mother’s first cousin. My parents recognized him when reading the magazine last night.
My parents are both Auschwitz survivors and are both alive.
Motel died approximately 10 years ago.
Until then, he lived near the top of Mount Carmel, in Haifa, with his second wife and step daughter. He ran a auto body and auto repair shop.
He was quite a character: I remember him well from my childhood. His wife passed away four years ago. His stepdaughter, Gittit Harell, is a well-know Israeli artist.
If you’d like more information, please email me or my parents (they are probably a better choice).
You may put the Bernemans in touch.
My parents are Morris and Rita Kesselman.
Hope to hear from you
Bob Kesselman
Those who want to contact the kesselmans, contact allgenerations@aol.com
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My name is Luis Blumental
My mother´s name was RAJA BUKSTELSKA (because she was a women)
The name of her father was Sholem Bukstelski. The family was from Vilnius, Lithuania.
They had a bakery and all that I know that in ISrael we had cousins Bukstelski that they had also two bakeries in Rishon Le tzion. I went in 1986 in ISrael and I think they are dead.
If you have any information, please don´t hesitate to contact me.
I was born and I live in Argentina.
All information will be highly appreciatte.
Thank you and receive my best regards
PLease kindly send pictures about the Bukstelski´s
My grandmother was Cila Bukstelski, born in Vilna. All her family died in Bergen Belsen but she survived. She passed away a few years and was very interested to find this name as we have never found anyone with this surname before. Could you ask your parents if they may have been related. She was born in 1921 – her parents ran a bakery in Vilna. I can give you some more names when I speak to my mother.
Many thanks for your time.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Karen (London)