The spouses Shvartz - Tatiana and Haym were born in Moldova. Tatiana in Kishinev, Haym in Pridnestrovye. Both they have grown in families having many children, strong with Jewish traditions.

Before Great Patriotic War Haym was engaged together with the father in commerce. The war began, family was evacuated at first in the Rostov area, then on Volga. From here Haym have been mobilized in labor army and was directed in Guriyev region as mechanic of Oil search. On front he was not taken, he served on the home front - the country needed the petroleum.

Almost the same was destiny of Tatiana. When the war began, she was 15 years old. Family was evacuated at first to Ukraine, but the enemy came, and repeatedly evacuated inland of Union - in Guriyev region. Clever girl was directed on factory training, where she learnt on the turner, and then has got on the enterprise engaged with oil search. She worked as motorist.

In work-record card of Tatiana is one record - about employment in January, 1943 and about dismissal in connection with an retirement on pension. In 17 she was udarnik and was awarded with dress and shoes. She had many duries: watched work of motors, filled it with oil, solar oil. The work was heavy. For 12 hours each day and in 40 degree frost, and in 40 degree heat on a slippery ladder she lifted solar oil, oil on 40 and more buckets for shift, filled motors. In winter were strong blizzards. To reach an inhabited settlement communicated with each other by cord. Some times got frost-bitten.

The silent mechanics liked Tanya at once. The day and night he was on chisel. Found common language both with the people and with mechanisms. The motors at him worked as watches. There was no water, there was nothing to be washed after work, on cards, except for bread, gave sometimes rusty sprat. They were half-starved, exhausted by work, but cheerful - there was a youth. Ruined (as he says now) young mechanics Tanya's eyes of color of ripe cherries.

There were not matchmakers. He spoke Tanya his piece, and offered his salary. On wedding from work have allocated two liters of spirit and have knifed the ram. The visitors remember all on a name, patronymic and surname, though has passed since that day sixty years. Lived amicably. Haym since the first day was the excellent husband: kind, sober, careful and hard-working. He and now is the same - that stone wall, about which dreams each woman.

They gave rise four children, but in alive have remained only son and daughter. Two boys - have sunk, getting over through the river in spring drifting. The grief has remained snow on a hair, and in eyes by lasting grief. The son lives in Germany. He has strong family, grows the grand daughter. Regularly once in two years visits the parents, frequently calls, is always ready to come to the help.

And the daughter Eugenia Krupko - support and pleasure of the parents, lives with family near the parents. This charming woman warms their old age with the care. Tatiana has no pension, only grant, and the illnesses overcome with each day all more strongly. And the daughter - pensioner is compelled to work. Constantly there was no money, it became difficult to prepare to itself food, to do washing, to go for medicines, to tidy up in an apartment - deprivations in youth responded in old age by painful illnesses. And as god-send the help of Kostanay Hesed. Each day the courier brings them two dinners, and each month - family package with all necessary products of feed and free-of-charge medicines. The family Shvartz and sanitary sets receives, and each winter on a line "Winter SOS" Hesed pays a part of municipal services.

Three times a week comes in this family Raisa Dosmagambetova - employee of the program "Home care". They look forward her. The work burns in hands of Raisa. To buy products, medicine, to clean, to do washing, to iron and much other work - all this is quickly and without problems. And more Raisa will tell all news about Hesed, about holidays, where the adults have fun as children and together with children. The woman is attentive to all complaints of the old men to health, listens to histories about their children, grandsons.

Eugenia Parkhomenko