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Bril Isai (1894)

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NameIsai
Birth year1894
Birth month5
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birth_placeStaneshty
SexM

Bril Isai (01.05.1894, village of Staneshty, Chernivtsi Region, Ukraine) — worker.

Isai Bril was the son of Solomon Bril (1860, Siret, Romania – 1922, Chernivtsi) and Sheindel Bril (née Kibak) (1877, Chernivtsi Region, Romania – 1943, Dniester). Until 1918, was an Austrian subject. From 1918 to 1940, following the transfer of territories, a Romanian citizen. From 1940, a citizen of the USSR. In 1912, was forced to leave grammar school and seek employment. From 1912 to 1914, worked as a locksmith at a sawmill in Hlyboke, Chernivtsi Region. In 1914–18, served as a private in the Austrian Army. From 1918 to 1923, was an employee at private enterprises in Chernivtsi (Romania). From 1923 to 1938, worked as a travelling salesman for the “Chlorodont” company in Brașov (Romania). In 1939–40, owned a small sanitary goods shop. In 1940–41, after the annexation of Chernivtsi to the Ukrainian SSR, served as a department head in the city pharmacy administration. In 1941, was exiled with his family to Tomsk Region. Until 1942, worked at the Lenin collective farm in the village of Tubino. From 1942 to 1957, worked as a locksmith, labourer, and stableman at enterprises and artels in Tubino. After retiring in 1957, moved to Tomsk. In 1962, moved to Riga. In his marriage to Erna Bril (née Wagner) (1900, Suceava, Romania), a son was born: Zeno Bril (1940, Chernivtsi, Ukraine). Bril’s mother and brother, Berthold Bril (1909, Chernivtsi Region, Romania – 1943), perished in the Holocaust. In the 1920s–1940s, Bril’s brother and sisters, Yehoshua (Otto) Bril (1907, Chernivtsi Region, Romania), Elsa Graif (née Bril) (1900, Chernivtsi Region, Romania), and Ruth Levin (née Bril) (1901, Chernivtsi Region, Romania), emigrated to Israel. In 1965, Isai Bril received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his sisters.

Erna Bril (née Wagner) (1900, Suceava, Romania) — wife
Zeno Bril (1940, Chernivtsi, Ukraine) — son
Solomon Bril (1860, Siret, Romania – 1922, Chernivtsi) — father
Sheindel Bril (née Kibak) (1877, Chernivtsi Region, Romania – 1943, Dniester) — mother
Herman Bril (1892, Chernivtsi Region, Romania – 1961, Bucharest) — brother
Berthold Bril (1909, Chernivtsi Region, Romania – 1943) — brother
Yehoshua (Otto) Bril (1907, Chernivtsi Region, Romania) — brother
Elsa Graif (née Bril) (1900, Chernivtsi Region, Romania) — sister
Ruth Levin (née Bril) (1901, Chernivtsi Region, Romania) — sister
Rosa Shrayner (née Bril) (1905, Chernivtsi Region, Romania) — sister